Monterey Mine

Prospect in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10245747
MAS/MILS ID 0300070059
Record type Site
Current site name Monterey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.69696, 46.1416 (WGS84)
Elevation 1511
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radersburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 001 W 35 W2NESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.69696, 46.1416

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N89E
    Dip 40S
    Thickness 62M
    Length 84M
    Width 9M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N89E:40S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Radersburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROADWATER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    GEO OF PART OF JOHNNY GULCH QUAD.V FREEMAN USGS OPEN-FILE RE

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERAL DEP BROADWATER COMONT GC REED USBM IC 7592 1

  • Deposit

    GEO RELATIONS OF ORE DEP IN ELKHORN MTNS STONE USGS B-470

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1997 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.