Blue Eyed Maggie

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 10294939
MRDS ID W014712
MAS/MILS ID 0300770016
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eyed Maggie
Related records 10071370

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.58449, 46.3768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
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 10 NESWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.58449, 46.3768

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 20W
    Thickness 91M
    Length 122M
    Width 0.1M
    Area 2.8HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N45E:20W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.8
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Emery (Zosell) District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Applegate, William
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES IN MATRIX 1 ARE FROM REC 702, AVERAGES OF PROD STATS. GRADES IN MATRIX 2 ARE FROM REC REC 700, PROD STATS. TONNAGES ARE INVESTIGATORS ESTIMATES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P 277

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON,1953,MBMG MEM.34,P 21

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL 98,P 18-19,57

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL,1961,USGS 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.