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Beaver Meadow Lead-Zinc Occurrence

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010511
MRDS ID D004255
Record type Site
Current site name Beaver Meadow Lead-Zinc Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51285, 47.28462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Relative position 15 MI. SSW OF AUGUSTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri-Dearborn(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 007W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN BEAVER MEADOW, ABOUT 1 MI. N. OF THE DEARBORN RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWS 5 % PB, VERY LOW ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Flathead Sandstone
    Rock description Flathead Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51285, 47.28462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description South Fork Thrust Zone

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting And Drag Folding

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT TRENDS N 85 DEG. W. AND DIPS 63 DEG. W. FLATHEAD SANDSTONE BEDS ARE VERTICAL IN LIMB OF A DRAG FOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 28

  • Deposit

    MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L. AND KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK RANGE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 2

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOCHEM MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D.: BULL. 1252-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN NARROW NW-TRENDING BELT OF WEAK PB-ZN MINERALIZATION ABOUT 30 MI. LONG, RELATED TO SOUTH FORK THRUST ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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