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Fred Bloom Mine

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10220745
MAS/MILS ID 0300070200
Record type Site
Current site name Fred Bloom Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -111.54256, 46.6666 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hellgate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(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 011 N 001 E Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -111.54256, 46.6666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fred Bloom And E. L. Burns
    Home office Montana
    Year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1946 MR BURNS REPORTEDLY SHIPPED $3,000 WORTH OF HAND PICKED COPPER AND SILVER ORE AVERAGING $68 PER TON. MR BURNS PRODUCED THIS ORE FROM A 50 FOOT WINZE AND SAID THE VEIN OF QUARTZ CUTTING ACROSS SHALE BEDS PINCHED AND SWELLED FROM 2 INCHES TO SIX INCHES IN WIDTH. THE ONLY VISIBLE ORE FROM THE SURFACE SHOWS A TWO INCH WIDTH OF CHALCOPYRITE ORE AND THREE STRINGERS OF BARREN QUARTZ ALONG 1,000 FEET OF STRIKE LENGTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUN-96 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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