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Starlight Claim

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012859
MRDS ID D008841
Record type Site
Current site name Starlight Claim
Related records 10123909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89895, 45.29379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2 MI NW 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

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 011W 24 CENTER OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT WSW OF LEGAL TENDER MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.89895, 45.29379
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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
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer M. H. Christensen
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. H. Christensen

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL INCLINE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 61

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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