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Copper Nugget Placer

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019621
MRDS ID DC10988
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Nugget Placer
Alternate or previous names Copper Nugget

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05505, 46.34296 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position IN COPPER GULCH 5.8KM S OF JEFFERSON CITY., 0.25 Km Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(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 007N 004W 23,24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MOUTH OF GULCH IS GIVEN FOR LAT. LONG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Iron Gangue
Peat Gangue

Analytical data

Result 77000 CY OF MATERIAL CONTAINING AN AVERAGE OF 8.7 LB/CY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Peat
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05505, 46.34296
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LAYERS AND POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Alahambra (Golconda) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. James A Flynn
    Home office Helena, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIFTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS, 1942-43 BM SUNK 6 TEST PITS AND 8 CHURN-DRILL HOLES.

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS, 1 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 66-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON OXIDE REEFS DAMED LOWER END OF GULCH FORMING A SWAMP. COPPER WAS DEPOSITED FROM SOLUTION BY REDUCING ACTION OF EITHER THE CARBONACEOUS PEAT MATERIAL OR THE IRON OXIDE. SOME SPONGY METALIC COPPER AND COPPER OXIDE IS FOUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-81 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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