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Cop Prospect

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102057
MRDS ID DC11942
Record type Site
Current site name Cop Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21198, 45.54018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SECTION 34.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BULLETIN 24 LISTS SIX SAMPLE ASSAYS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss;Flathead Quartzite
    Rock description Pony Gneiss;Flathead Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 70 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND A WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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