Black Eyed May

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294391
MAS/MILS ID 0300770126
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eyed May

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.57119, 46.3866 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
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 SWNESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.57119, 46.3866

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 30.5M
    Length 122M
    Width 0.2M
    Area 1.4HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N80W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.3999
    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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES OF AU,PB,AG IN COL 1 OF MATRIX FROM 700,PRODUCTION ST ZN GRADE IN COL 1 OF MATRIX IS ANESTIMATE OF INVESTIGATOR TONNAGES IN MATRIX ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL 98,P 18,56

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON,1953,MBMG MEM.34,P 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-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.