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Telegraph Mine Placer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015932
MRDS ID DB02228
Record type Site
Current site name Telegraph Mine Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31478, 46.46434 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.7 KM W OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 11 NW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF BRVAN CR A TRIBUTARY OF TELEGRAPH CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Meta-Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31478, 46.46434
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PLACER TAILINGS, SHALLOW ADIT IN STREAM BED

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A STAMP MILL ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 15, 51.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, PL. 1.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 51.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER AT SURFACE, POSSIBLE VEIN/SHEAR ZONE NEARBY AS SOURCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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