Nugget Mine

Prospect in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245876
MAS/MILS ID 0300630127
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.45097, 47.14708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCormick Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016 N 023 W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.45097, 47.14708

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank A. Morbeck
    Home office Idaho
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nugget Mining Co.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 107, PG 17

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-APR-93 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.

External references