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Cornucopia Mining Group

Past Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245494
MAS/MILS ID 0300130021
Record type Site
Current site name Cornucopia Mining Group
Alternate or previous names Cornucopia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.69224, 46.95411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2269
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(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 Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 008 E 22 SWSWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.69224, 46.95411
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N13E
    Dip 78W
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Strike And Dip N13E:78W
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.7HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .7
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE HAS A UNUSUALLY HIGH GOLD CONTENT RELATIVE TO SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Neihart Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. J. Allen
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY A FEW CARLOADS OF ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED BECAUSE IT CONTAINED TOO MUCH ZINC TO PERMIT ITS PROFITABLE MINING AND SHIPMENT A BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.46 OUNCES GOLD, 53.5 OUNCES SILVER, 5.7 PERCENT LEAD, 13.8 PERCENT ZINC, 0.14 PERCENT COPPER, 0.10 PERCENT ANTIMONY AND 0.10 PERCENT CADMIUM. ONLY A FEW CARLOADS OF ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED THE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1885 AND 1891.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG M13 P60

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, 1935 P.16

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSONS, 1951, USBM I.C. 7589, P. 48-49.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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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