Sterrett

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294302
MAS/MILS ID 0300770018
Record type Site
Current site name Sterrett

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.56559, 46.3849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baggs Creek(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 008 W 02 NWSWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.56559, 46.3849

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 90S
    Thickness 61M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.5M
    Area 1.1HA
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N80W:90S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Zosell

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elizabeth Hoffman
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AU,AG AND PB GRADES IN COL 1 OF MATRIX ARE AVERAGES FROM 702 ZN VALUE IN COL 1 OF MATRIX IS AN ESTIMATE OF INVESTIGATOR TONNAGE FIGURES IN MATRIX ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR SEE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON,1953,MBMG MEM.34,P 23

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P 282

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL.98,P 23,59

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL,1961,MAP MF-174

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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