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Bonanza

Prospect in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172569
MRDS ID W007453
MAS/MILS ID 0300070033
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza
Alternate or previous names Trial Horse
Related records 10069773

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.78337, 46.258 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crow Creek Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 N 001 W 19 NENWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Morrison Formation and Ellis Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Johnson, A. E.
    Home office Montana

Comments on the production information

  • THE DUMPS CONTAIN FRAGMENTS OF GALENA, CERUSSITE, LIMONITE AND PYROLUSITE. RELIABLE INFORMATION REGARDING HISTORY AND OUTPUT ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, I.C. 7592, P.20

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL.82,1970

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ASSAY RESULTS OF THE GALENA BEARING QUARTZ AND CALCITE FOUND ON THE DUMPS OF WORKINGS IN THE LIMESTONE INDICATE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME RESOURCE POTENTIAL. HOWEVER, THE APPARENT NARROWNESS OF THE OCCURRENCES COULD MAKE MINING UNECONOMICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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