Durham Bull

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013562
MRDS ID D009926
Record type Site
Current site name Durham Bull

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.01339, 45.28323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8.0 MI S39E OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 25 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • VICINITY OF OLD PINKERTON HOMESTEAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.28% CU, 1.55 OZ AG/ST, 0.38 OZ AU/ST, AND 0.30% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.01339, 45.28323

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Womack
    Home office Dillon, Co.
    First year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, ONE RUNS 150 FT NE. OTHER IS CAVED AT PORTAL (1972)

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 71-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.