Great Republic

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245802
MAS/MILS ID 0300930020
Record type Site
Current site name Great Republic

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.59119, 46.0171 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 N 008 W 15 NWNWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.59119, 46.0171

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N78E
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 183M
    Width 91M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N78E:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.46HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .46
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANON NO DATE GREAT REPUBLIC MINE UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    MPF 41,39,41.18,41.82 AND 41.83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GREAT REPUBLIC IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS. A COMPLET EVALUATION OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE NUDER NO. 0300830224. THE TONNAGE PRESENT IN THE GREAT REPUBL IS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF BUTTE MN BEC INSUFFICIENT ASSAY DATA ON PRIMARY COPRODUCTS (PB,ZN,AG FURTHER WORK IS ADVISED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references