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Bissonette Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015917
MRDS ID DB02207
Record type Site
Current site name Bissonette Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Champion and Liberty Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.102, 46.99796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ADJOINS HUDSON GROUP ON NE; EXTENDS BEYOND DIVIDE BETWEEN LITTLE CREEK AND WOLF CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 004W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W/2 OF SECTION 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.102, 46.99796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Transverse Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 75 SW
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • POST MINERAL FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Champion Silver Mining Co.
    Home office Attn. Lyle Health, Shermam Plaza, 901 Sherman, Suite 1218, Denver, Co 80203
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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