Bagdad Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246136
MRDS ID DC10530
MAS/MILS ID 0300390313
Record type Site
Current site name Bagdad Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.69703, 46.36409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stony Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 017 W 14 NWNESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.69703, 46.36409

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Rock Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mark V Petroleum And Mines

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 672mt ore
    Total resources 672mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Molybdenum MoS2 0.22 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1991
    Gold Au 17.14 g/mt Gold Major 1991
    Copper Cu 0.4 wt-pct Copper Minor 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO BACK UP SOURCE GIVEN, DATA FROM ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. IC 20, 1957, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 5-89, 1989, P. 60-63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT CHECK AND PROPERTY UPDATE, JUNE 97 NO DATA AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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