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Summit

Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069774
MRDS ID W007454
Record type Site
Current site name Summit
Alternate or previous names Old Summit, Montana Silver Star
Related records 10269529

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.74975, 46.09573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1497

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radersburg SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004N 001W 17 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS CONTAINED IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE GANGUE CEMENTED BY CALCITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation, Limestones
    Rock description Madison Formation, Limestones
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.74975, 46.09573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLATTENED, PIPE - LIKE
    Strike N
    Dip 52-60 DEG E
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE BEDS ON EAST LIMB OF N TRENDING ANTICLINE FURTHER DEFORMED BY SE PLUNGING FOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name Cedar Plains District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Roy E. Nicolls, Toston, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED BY REED (1951) INDICATES OREE AVERAGED 0.1% COPPER, 10.6% LEAD, 2.5% ZINC, 0.03 OUNCES OF GOLD & 8.5 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • LAWSON (1974) LISTS PROPERTY AS DEVELOPING AND THAT IT HAS TWO EMPLOYEES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1951, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER CO., MT., U.S. BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7592.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95.

  • Deposit

    1951 COMPILE U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7592, REED, G. C

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey

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