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Echo Lode

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010760
MRDS ID D004717
Record type Site
Current site name Echo Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03756, 45.32211 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 5 AIR MILES SE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(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

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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 11,14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SECTION LINE ON CREST OF RIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST FORKS, DYCE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO TUNGSTEN MINERALS IDENTIFIED BY PATTEE (1960)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.005% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03756, 45.32211
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 76 E
    Dip 58 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Judge And Others
    Home office Polaris
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LOWER ADIT; (CAVED, 1960) AND TWO UPPER ADITS

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5552, P. 34

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R. I. 555

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS OF TACTITE EXPOSED AT LOWER ADIT ARE 3X3X3.5 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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