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Pacman Claims

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013389
MRDS ID D009654
Record type Site
Current site name Pacman Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.36757, 45.44433 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI N20E OF JACKSON., Exact Location Undisclosed

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 014W 16,17,18,19,20,21,22,27,28,29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • RIDGE AT HEADS OF POISON CREEK, KNIGHT GULCH, AND FOX GULCH. SECTIONS 15-22, 27-34. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Bonner
    Rock description Bonner
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS FELDSPATHIC SANDSTONE - POSSIBLY UPPER BONNER FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1979
Discoverer Anaconda Co.

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Copper Co.

Comments on development

  • 65 CLAIMS. 2 DRILLHOLES TO 200 FT EACH DRILLED IN 1981-82.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, STEVE, ANACONDA CO., MISSOULA, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE 2000 FT LONG ALONG STRIKE.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1979-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-82 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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