| Deposit ID | 10019191 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC08998 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Queen Claims |
| Related records | 10147595 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.61202, 45.21572 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2865 |
| Relative position | 14 AIR MILES SW OF JACKSON. 0.75 MI. E OF BERRY LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goldstone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Big Hole(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 007S | 016W | 19 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -113.61202, 45.21572 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR, PODS |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Beaverhead Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Roy R. Ford |
| Home office | Jackson |
| First year | 1952 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC08998 |
DMEA FILE 1305, 2 PG.
DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ASSOCIATION FILE.
1952 RECON DMEA REPORT 1305
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF REPLACEMENT ZONES WITHIN A SHEARED DIABASE INTRUSIVE. ORE MINERALS ARE SCATTERED THROUGH LOCAL COPPER-STAINED QUARTZ ZONES 6 TO 12 INCHES THICK. |
| Deposit | LOW GRADE & SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.