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Mouat Nickel-Copper

Prospect in Stillwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Sulfur
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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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221297
MAS/MILS ID 0300950025
Record type Site
Current site name Mouat Nickel-Copper
Alternate or previous names Mountain View, Stillwater Copper-Nickel, Mouat-Sampson

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -109.89689, 45.38022 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stillwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meyer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillwater(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Stillwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 015 E 20 SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary
Sulfur Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gersdorffite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -109.89689, 45.38022
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 400M
    Width 1000M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 MASS SULFIDE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N45E:70W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3000
    Date of Last Modification 880928
  • Area 450HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 450
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1883

Mining district

District name Stillwater

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Mouat, Billings, Mt
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1988

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Measured 118000mt ore
    Demonstrated 118000mt ore
    Total resources 118000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Cobalt Co 0.025 wt-pct Cobalt Minor 1977
    Nickel Ni 0.25 wt-pct Nickel Major 1977
    Copper Cu 0.25 wt-pct Copper Minor 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • M1=N/CUM (MATRIX 1 IS NONCUMULATIVE) MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1 IS COMPRISED OF HIGH GRADE AND LOW GRADE MATERIAL. ASSAY VALUES ARE WEIGHTED AVERAGES. MATRIX 2 COLUMN 1 CONSISTS OF 20.3 MILLION T OF HIGH-GRADE (M1C3) AND 58.7 MILLION T OF LOW-GRADE (M1C2). THIS IS THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PLANT AND RESULTS IN A STRIPPING RATIO OF 3:1, WASTE TO ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 75
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 30
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 25000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 1669.5
    Unit Production Cost 3.92
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOW, C.D. ETAL. INVEST. OF THE HOWLAND REEF: MINNEAPOLIS

  • Deposit

    AREA. ECON. GEOL. V. 77, 1982, PP. 1481-1492.

  • Deposit

    DAYTON, S. PROFILE OF A HEARING ON MIN. ENTRY: ENGR. AND

  • Deposit

    MIN. JOUR. V. 172, NO. 10, 1977 PP. 75-84.

  • Deposit

    ENJR. AND MIN. JOUR. ANACONDA FINDS NICKEL IN MONTANA.,

  • Deposit

    V. 169 NO. 7, 1968, PP. 86, 88.

  • Deposit

    EIS (DRAFT). AMC STILLWATER PROJECT, MONT. DEPT. STATE LANDS

  • Deposit

    AND US FOREST SRVICE, 1982, 212 P.

  • Deposit

    HOY, R.B. STILLWATER ANACONDA MEETING. MEMO FEB. 9, 1978,

  • Deposit

    3 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCKNIGHT, J. STILLWATER NICKEL PROJECT REPT. AMAX EXPL.

  • Deposit

    INC. COMPANY REPT. MAY 16, 1969, 16 PP.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, R. AND TURNER, DEVELOP. CHALLENGES ON...STILLWATER

  • Deposit

    MIN. DEP. ANNUAL AIME MEET. DALLAS, TX, FEB, 1982, 24 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N. ETAL. PLATINUM METALS IN THE STILLWATER COMPLEX

  • Deposit

    MT. ECON. GEL. V. 71, 1976 PP. 1352-1363.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N. STILLWATER COMPLX...EMPHASIS ON OCCUR. OF SULFIDES

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 1038, 1979, 69 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N. AND F. SIMON. DIFFERENTIATION OF SULF. IN BASAL

  • Deposit

    ZONE JOUR. RES. USGS, V. 6, NO. 4, 1978, PP. 473-482.

  • Deposit

    RICHMOND, T. AND J. ADLER. MIN. DEV. AND CONSERVATION IN

  • Deposit

    STILLWATER DIST. MIN. ENJR. V. 26, NO. 3., 1974, PP.37-40.

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R.M. INVEST. OF CU-NI DEP. IN STILLAWATER. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    R.I. 4431, 1949, 10 PP.

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, E. REGIONAL GEOL. AMOCO MIN. PER. COMM., 1983.

  • Deposit

    TODD, S.G. ETAL. THE J-M PT.-PD. REEF OF STILLWATER COMPLEX

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL. V. 77 NO. 6, SEPT.-OCT. 1982, PP. 1454-1480.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, A. SENIOR PROJECT GEOL, ANACONDA MIN. CO., PER.

  • Deposit

    COMM., 1983.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN. MAG. OIL CO. ARCO, PURCHASES COPPER CO.,

  • Deposit

    ANACONDA, V. 30, NO. 2, 1977, PP. 66-67.

  • Deposit

    ZIENTAK, M. GEOLOGIST, USGS, PER. COMM., 1983.

  • Deposit

    MCHUGH, E., 1994, MLA REPORT IN PREPARATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-94 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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