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Chief Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019528
MRDS ID DC10754
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.87669, 45.92518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF JEFFERSON ISLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doherty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 002W 17 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SEC 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon Limestone
    Rock description Mission Canyon Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.87669, 45.92518
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact: Limestone-Diorite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONTACT REPLACEMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Hall

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Meggers
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBY, RN, ET AL 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS-JEFFERSON CO., MONT. MBMG. BULL 16, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-20-1961

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE MBMG BULL 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 50 FT ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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