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Apex No. 2 Claim

Occurrence in Silver Bow 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013923
MRDS ID D010485
Record type Site
Current site name Apex No. 2 Claim
Alternate or previous names Juniper Copper Bottom

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.59421, 45.72212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.7 MI N35E OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 008W 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF SOAP GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result 2.7 FT CUT SAMPLE FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT HAD 0.81% CU, 0.3 OZ AG/ST, NO AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.59421, 45.72212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 70 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melrose (Soap Gulch) District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. S. Kaserman
    Home office Box 14, Silver Bow, Mt.
    First year 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • 22 FT CRIBBED SHAFT, SHAFT AND ADIT TO SE.

Comments on development

  • 1 UNPAT CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA FILE 3042, 2P. (1953)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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