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Hunt's Claim

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013594
MRDS ID D009983
Record type Site
Current site name Hunt's Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03003, 45.40046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2.1 MI S12E OF COPPER MTN PIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S;005S 004W;003W 13,18 SE OF SE (13); W2 OF W2 OF SW (18) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH RIDGE OF CALIFORNIA CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN SPECIMEN ASSAYED 14.0 OZ AG/ST, 4.9 OZ AU/ST, 49% PB, 1.9% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03003, 45.40046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 40 SE
    Thickness 0.08M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOLIATION OF SCHIST STRIKES N30E, 60 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milton Hunt
    Home office Sheridan, Wy.
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 16 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956, PHD, UNIV. OF MICH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Leon, Jeffrey (Pearson, Robert) U.S. Geological Survey LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION CENTERPOINT ON PLSS GRID
Editor 13-MAR-1998 Boyce, E. G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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