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Bertha May

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148400
MAS/MILS ID 0300770203
Record type Site
Current site name Bertha May

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.57619, 46.3846 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baggs Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 008 W 02 NESWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.57619, 46.3846
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 10N
    Thickness 61M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.3M
    Area 1.1HA
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20W:10N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Emery (Zosell) District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES ARE AVERAGES FROM 701, PRODUCTION STATI. TONNAGES ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON,1953,MBMG MEM 34,P 17

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL 98,P 59(TABLE 2-10)

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL,USGS MAP MF-174

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JAN-1998 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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