| Deposit ID | 10246107 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Florida Vein |
| Alternate or previous names | Florida |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.55479, 46.0393 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1853 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003 N | 008 W | 02 | NWNESE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | Granitic rock |
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| Strike | N73E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 76S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 523M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 91M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 0.46HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Butte District |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Benich |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Overall depth | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930017 |
ANON NO DATE FLORIDA VEIN UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT (MPF FILE)
MPF 41.39
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE FLORIDA IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS. A COMPLETE EVALUATION OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQ. NO. 0300930224. THE TONAGE PRESENT IN THE FLORIDA NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT BECAUSE THE ORE OCCURS IN VEINS LESS THAN 1 METER THICK WHICH IS INACESSABLE BY CONVENTIONAL UNDER- GROUND MINING METHODS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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