Grizzly Bear

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094334
MRDS ID D004718
Record type Site
Current site name Grizzly Bear

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05922, 45.30406 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 5.5 AIR MILES SE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF N 1/2, SECT. 22

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SPECIMEN ASSAYED 0.005 OZ AU/TON, 21.10 OZ AG/TON, 0.75% CU, 0.15% PB, AND 0.80% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05922, 45.30406

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. Beck, G. Lemon
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT PITS ALONG A N22W LINE, AND A LOWER ADIT, DRIVEN UNDERNEATH THE PITS.

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 73

  • Deposit

    1972 RECON MBMG BULL. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references