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Comstock Lode

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Antimony, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009224
MRDS ID D001979
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91617, 45.2749 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES S80W OF ARGENTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 26,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE N OF ERMONT MILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.91617, 45.2749
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 11, P. 3

  • Production

    UNPUB. USGS DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH-GRADE STREAKS RAN 50% SB. LOW-GRADE ORE HIGH IN PB. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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