| Deposit ID | 10048506 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MP00096 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Janet 50 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.04941, 45.41742 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2804 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTH OF SOUTH PICKET PIN LAKE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweet Grass(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Picket Pin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Stillwater(hydrologic unit)
Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Sweet Grass |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Graphite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pentlandite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sperrylite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Result | AVERAGE GRADE 0.24% NI+CU, 2.7 PPM PT+PD, PT:PD=1-2. 692 PPB PT, 1.278 PPM PD AVG., SURFACE SAMPLES |
|---|
| (1) | -110.04941, 45.41742 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Stillwater Complex Is Exposed Along The Northern Margin Of The Beartooth Uplift, One Of Several Laramide Basement-Cored Ranges That Make Up The Rocky Mountain Foreland Of South-Central Montana (Foose And Others, 1961: Kulik And Schmidt, 1988) |
| General form | UNKNOWN |
|---|---|
| Length | 150M |
| Width | 30M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1967 |
| Discoverer | Johns-Manville |
| District name | In Stillwater Complex |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Johns-Manville Products Corp. |
| First year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MP00096 |
CONN, 1979
ZIENTEK, M.L., 1993, MINERAL RESOURCE APPRAISAL FOR LOCATABLE MINERALS: THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, IN HAMMARSTROM, J.M., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND ELLIOTT, J.E., EDS., MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH STUDY AREA, CUSTER AND GALLATIN NATIONAL FORESTS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-207, P. F1-F83.
CONN, H.K., 1979, THE JOHNS-MANVILLE PLATINUM-PALADIUM PROSPECT, STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA, U.S.A.: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, P. 463-468.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GRAPHITE IN AREA GENERATED A LARGE IP ANOMALY. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE SURFACE EXPOSURE OF MINERALIZED AREA; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: DISCORDANT PGE MINERALIZATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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