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White Chief Prospect

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014503
MRDS ID D011306
Record type Site
Current site name White Chief Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03919, 45.62129 (WGS84)
Relative position 4000 FT N30E OF BISMARK MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 004W 36 CENTER OF S2 OF N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES HAD UP TO 0.16 OZ AU, 2.5 OZ AG, 0.33% CU, 2.9% PB, 0.15% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03919, 45.62129
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name So. Boulder District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS (180 FT, 450 FT), TRENCH, 5 PITS

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit W- TO NW- SEGMENTS OF QUARTZ VEINS LESS THAN 6 IN THICK, CONTAINING SULFIDES.
Deposit LOW MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL--SPOTTY MINERALIZATION, NARROW VEIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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