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Marcum Hill Mines

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019117
MRDS ID DC08647
Record type Site
Current site name Marcum Hill Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95231, 46.95545 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marcum Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 011W 23 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.63 OZ/TON AU, 5.25 OZ/TON AG, 10.5 % PB

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95231, 46.95545
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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

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Horiz. Fissures

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT STRIPPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BM REPT. TO SECY. INT, MARCUM HILLS MINE.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, TABLE B-6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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