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Big Ben

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Feldspar, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022860
MRDS ID FS00361
Record type Site
Current site name Big Ben
Related records 10245490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.44257, 46.8024 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 2 1/4 MILES NE OF QUEEN OF THE ROSARY CHURCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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

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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 007W 11 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO AU WAS SAMPLED BUT MINERAL EXAMINER WAS QUITE ENTHUSED OVER THE POSSIBLE MINING OF FELDSPAR (KAIS:, O8, WHICH HE FELT WAS COMPARITIVE TO THE FELDSPAR THAT IS MINED IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. THE TEXTURE OF THE CRYSTAL IS POIKILITIC WHICH MAY DETRACT FROM THE VALUE OF THE SPAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Spokane Formation;Belt Series
    Rock description Spokane Formationt;Belt Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.44257, 46.8024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner August Johnson And John Mehelich

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 1.52M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A DISCOVER CUT WAS THE ONLY WORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PEGMATITE DIKE CUTS THRU THE AREA.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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