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Belle-Of-The-Castle

Past Producer in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197141
MAS/MILS ID 0300590009
Record type Site
Current site name Belle-Of-The-Castle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.68943, 46.48351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 008 E 02 SWSWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.68943, 46.48351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 35S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 99M
    Width 2M
    Area 0.5HA
    Depth to top 0.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50W:35S
    Minimum Depth to Top .3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Total Surface Area (HA) .5
    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 1935
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Castle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newell Vaughn
    Interest 23
    Home office California
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Erma Hensley Callahan
    Interest 55
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edith Augenbaugh
    Interest 23
    Home office California
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7540, 1950, P.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 64, 1968, P. 56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-92 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj 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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