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Ora Astra Prospect

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10147922
MAS/MILS ID 0300010611
Record type Site
Current site name Ora Astra Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -113.6792, 45.2785 (WGS84)
Elevation 2988
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homer Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 017 W 27 NESWSW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • Political location in the record is Beaverhead county, Montana. However, the lat/long plot in Lemhi county, Idaho according to the MAPINFO county coverage. The original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 45-16-43N 113-40-45W (45.2786 -113.6792, WGS84 45.27646 -113.6792); UTM N5017176 E289860 Z12N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 006 S, RNG 017 W, Sect 27, Sect_fract NESWSW. The PLSS coordinates convert to WGS 45.282 -113.679, falling more solidly in Beaverhead county. Recalculating the lat/long using WGS84 datum gives 45.2785 -113.6792, very close to the PLSS coordinates. So the lat/long coordinate were changed to agree with the PLSS coordinates.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -113.6792, 45.2785
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA CONSISTS OF 1 ADIT AND 2 TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 16-88, 1988, NO. 23,

  • Deposit

    P. 135.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1991 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 06-NOV-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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