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Flagstaff Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019366
MRDS ID DC09697
Record type Site
Current site name Flagstaff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47118, 46.67962 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position LAT LONG ARE GENERAL FOR THE AREA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 011N 007W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SNOWSHOE GULCH BELOW MCKAY CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47118, 46.67962
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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 Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, SW, UNP. USGS MEMO. RPT. NO. 4812, FEB. 1944.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 63.

Reporter information

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

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

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