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Free Speech Number One

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245681
MAS/MILS ID 0300490051
Record type Site
Current site name Free Speech Number One
Alternate or previous names Free Speech

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.24479, 46.4746 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 005 W 04 NWNWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.24479, 46.4746
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N83E
    Dip 77S
    Thickness 91.4M
    Length 61M
    Width 0.3M
    Area 3.7HA
    Depth to top 4.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N83E:77S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4.6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3.7
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rimini

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 GRADES ARE FROM ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE FROM RED MTN D MATRIX 2 GRADES ARE FROM REC 706 UNDERGROUND ASSAY DATA. TONNAGES ARE INVESTIGATORS ESTIMATES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.254

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT,ETAL,1963,USGS PROF.PAPER 428,P.56

  • Deposit

    HANSEN,1969,MBMG BULL.77,P.16

  • Deposit

    GEACH,1964,MBMG BULL.46,P.19

  • Deposit

    BONDURANT AND LAWSON,1968,MBMG BULL.72,P.15

  • Deposit

    GEACH, 1966, MBMG BULL 58, P25.

  • Deposit

    UNPUB MBMG FILE DATA (MAD).

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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