Marietta

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172573
MRDS ID W015573
MAS/MILS ID 0300070105
Record type Site
Current site name Marietta
Related records 10071878

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.70587, 46.3649 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Giant Hill(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 007 N 001 W 15 SENENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Polybasite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.70587, 46.3649

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 0.1M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 61M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N20W:30W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nave, Alberta
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Anders
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES IN MAT 1, COL. 1 FROM MBMG BULL 35, P. P. 24-39, (ASS DATA) GRADES IN MAT. 1, COL. 2 FROM MBMG BULL 35 PROD. STATS RES. QUANT. EST. BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EVALUATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL.35,PG.24

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7592, 1951, P.48-49, FIG. 18

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, 1962, P. 18

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 665, 1971, P.42, PL. 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcclernan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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