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Higgins

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10019106
MRDS ID DC08616
Record type Site
Current site name Higgins

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86758, 46.86961 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MLS UP WILSON CREEK RD. FROM HELMSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 013N 010W 21 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SLOPE OF A HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 825-50/TON AU (PRE1948)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 50 NE
    Thickness 0.13M
    Width 0.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Stout, D. Fleming

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SOME STOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 6334, P. 6, 52-3.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 45, 67.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 67.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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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