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Lila Dixon Lode

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011232
MRDS ID D005574
Record type Site
Current site name Lila Dixon Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17452, 46.27656 (WGS84)
Elevation 2512
Relative position 1.6 KM NE OF RED LION MINE ON A RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fred Burr Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 13 NE OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17452, 46.27656
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • General form VAINLETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1941-1942
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 9g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS SHALLOW PITS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 41, 42, 43

  • Production

    EARLL, F.N. 1972, MBMG BULL 84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-LIMONITE VEINLETS AND REPLACEMENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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