| Deposit ID | 10294359 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930073 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sooner |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.54589, 46.0338 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1896 |
| 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 | 01 | SESWSW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Rhodochrosite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -112.54589, 46.0338 |
|---|
| Strike | N85E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 70N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 80M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 0.37HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930073 |
ANON NO DATE SOONER UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE SOONER IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS.A COMPLETE DEPOSIT REPORT OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQ NO. 0300930224.THE TONNAGE PRESENT IN THE SOONER IS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUTTE MN DIST. BECAUSE THE ORE OCCURS IN VEINS LESS THAN 1 METER THICK WHICH IS INACCESSIBLE BY CONVENTIONAL UNDERGROUND MINE METHODS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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