Overlook

Occurrence in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Limestone, General, Garnet, Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010819
MRDS ID D004805
Record type Site
Current site name Overlook
Alternate or previous names Iron Cliff, Denny Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45282, 45.82268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 10 AIR MILES SOUTH OF BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pipestone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 007W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, SECTION 22, MARKED "QUARRY" ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Limestone, General Primary
Garnet Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Limestone Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result A 5-FT SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.3% WO3 AND 0.47 % MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lcret-Tert Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Lcret-Tert Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Lodgepole
    Rock description Lodgepole

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45282, 45.82268

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Boulder Batholith, Fracture Zone Limestone Trends N40w, 41ne.

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH - SOUTH
    Dip 55 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Highland (Fish Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 105-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6334, P. 56-7

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 39, P. 42

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 72, P. 22

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 32, P. 47

  • Deposit

    1963 COMPILE U.S.B.M. REPT. INV. 633

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ZONE AT CONTACT OF ROOF PENDANT WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE ZONE DIPS 55W ON THE WEST AND 55 E ON THE EAST SIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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