| Deposit ID | 10270459 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300490284 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midnight |
| Alternate or previous names | Midnight Copper Mining Company |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.3815, 47.0477 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1695 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis and Clark(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cadotte Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 015 N | 006 W | 21 | NWNEN2 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcanthite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -112.3815, 47.0477 |
|---|
| Thickness | 12.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.9M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.7HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Heddleston District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300490284 |
PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.101-102
MILLER,R.N.1973,UNPUB.RPRNT,GEOL HEDDLESTON CV-MO DEPOSIT,L&
MBM G IC 20, 1957 P.28
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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