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Blue Nose Mine

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094284
MRDS ID D003884
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Nose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3414, 45.4611 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 49 MILES SOUTH OF DARBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoup(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 022W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT HEADWATERS OF WEST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER, ON MONT. - IDA. BOUNDARY.
  • Political location in record is Ravalli county Montana. However, original lat/long plots 90 m inside adjacent Lemhi county, Idaho. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 45-27-40N 114-20-29W (45.46111 -114.34139); UTM N<blank> E<blank> Z<blank>; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 004S, RNG 022W, Sect 29, Sect_fract <blank>. PLSS coords agree with Ravalli county location. Recalculated lat/long using WGS84 datum, which shifted coords 240 m N into Ravalli county.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3414, 45.4611
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Between West Fork Fault And Augen Gneiss.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Point

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hazel Morgan

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES AND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 88 , P. 24 .

  • Deposit

    BERG, R. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERNMOST RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 44 , P. 35 .

  • Deposit

    1973 COMPILE MBMG. BULL 88

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON MBMG, MEM 44

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 11-SEP-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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

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