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Unknown Ag Mine N Fork Dry Cottonwood Creek

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Arsenic
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013223
MRDS ID D009406
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Ag Mine N Fork Dry Cottonwood Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60922, 46.21712 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.0 KM NE OF DRY COTTONWOOD GUARD STATION., 1.5 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lockhart Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 008W Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JEEP TRAIL GOES THROUGH A DUMP OF A COLLAPSED ADITL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 200 PPM AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Louland Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Louland Creek Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60922, 46.21712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orofino District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 MAJOR ADIT, 3 MINOR ADITS, SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES. MINOR ADITS COLLAPSED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 ACRES DISTURBED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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