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Argus

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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 10197797
MAS/MILS ID 0300770010
Record type Site
Current site name Argus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.57759, 46.3918 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
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 NWSWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.57759, 46.3918
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 10E
    Thickness 45.7M
    Length 335.3M
    Width 0.6M
    Area 1.4HA
    Depth to top 1.5M
    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. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:10E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.3999
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Emery (Zosell) District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dell Leo Wahl
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES ARE FROM 700, AVERAGES OF PRODUCTION ST. TONNAGES ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL 98,P 18,56

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON,1953,MBMG MEM.34,P 16

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.280-281

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL,1961,RECON.GEOL.MAP DEER LODGE QUAD,MF-174

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

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