| Deposit ID | 10221516 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930038 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Safe |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.54759, 46.0313 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1865 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Butte North(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003 N | 008 W | 12 | SWNWNW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -112.54759, 46.0313 |
|---|
| Strike | N80W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 198M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 396M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.09HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930038 |
ANON NO DATE SILVER SAFE UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT
WEED,1914 GEOL. BUTTE DISTRICT USGS PP74 P.243
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE SILVER SAFE IS ONE 0F 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS.A COMPLETE EVALUATION OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQ NO 0300930224. THE TONNAGE PRESENT IN THE SILVER SAFE IS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE ORE OCCURS IN VEINS LESS THAN 1 METER THICK WHICH IS INACESSIBLE BY CONVENTIONAL UNDER- GROUND MINING METHODS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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