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Headlight

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196703
MRDS ID W014682
MAS/MILS ID 0300390016
Record type Site
Current site name Headlight
Alternate or previous names Head Light
Related records 10071348

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.26762, 46.33549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 013 W 30 SWNENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.26762, 46.33549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 35E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 122M
    Width 152M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N05W:35E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.04HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .04
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Philipsburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Knapp, Taylor
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRINZ,1967,USGS BULL.1237,P17,29,32,33,55,62,PL1

  • Deposit

    GODDARD,1940,USGS BULL.922G P178,181,189-192,PL31

  • Deposit

    PARDEE,1922,USGS BULL.725C P171

  • Deposit

    EMMONS AND CALKINS,1913,USGS PP 78,P210

  • Deposit

    UNPUB MEMO,COLE TO LORAIN,1949 IN BACK-UP FILE

  • Deposit

    ANON UNPUB REPORTS (2) IN BACK-UP FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 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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