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Magpie Placer

Past Producer in Powell 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10022876
MRDS ID FS00380
Record type Site
Current site name Magpie Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85647, 46.87461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF OGDEN MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 013N 010W 15 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY REPORT; 3.78 MG/PER CUBIC YARD - 2.23 MG/PER CUBIC YARD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphene Ore
Zircon Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85647, 46.87461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hopkins Mine Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • DIVIDED INTO SIX TRACTS M1 - M6, TRACTS M3, M4 ARE DOZER CUTS, ALL TRACTS APPEAR MINERAL IN CHARACTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1964 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ABOUT A FOOT BELOW CONTACT POINT BETWEEN QUARTZ MONZONITE AND SEDIMENTARY

Reporter information

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

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