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Unknown Ag Mine Foster Creek

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094560
MRDS ID D009381
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Ag Mine Foster Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11897, 46.22711 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2.8 KM NW OF GARRITY CAVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 012W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971); 1:250000 QUADRANGLE INFORMATION IS A 1958 MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result AG 10 PPM, CU 5000 PPM, BA 5000 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11897, 46.22711
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS WITH TEST PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL DISTURBED AREA 1 ACRE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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