Davis Tunnel Site

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Sulfides
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022818
MRDS ID FS00305
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Tunnel Site

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.35509, 46.45406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1/2 M SW OF NEGRO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 008N 006W 06 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfides Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.35509, 46.45406

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Western Mining Inc. Of Montana

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIM SITE CONTAINS THE MOUTH OF A VERY OLD TUNNEL, TUNNEL APPEARS TO EXTEND NORTH AND CROSS CUT THE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY OF THE AREA WAS NOT MENTIONED BUT THIS REPORTER BELIEVES IT IS SEDIMENTARY ROCK INTRUDED BY QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE BOULDER BATHOLITH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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