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Climax

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 10220911
MAS/MILS ID 0300390024
Record type Site
Current site name Climax
Alternate or previous names Climas

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.26062, 46.32489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
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)

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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 013 W 29 SESWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.26062, 46.32489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Length 30M
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 61M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N00E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.06HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .06
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Philipsburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A Poore
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRINZ,1967 USGS BULL 1237 PL1

  • Deposit

    PARDEE,1922,USGS BULL 725C P161

  • Deposit

    ZBITNOFF,1959,UNPUB REPT ON PROP. OF MONT CLIMAX CORP P'BURG

  • Deposit

    ANON UNPUB RPT CLIMAX MINE (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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