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Black Trail

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013614
MRDS ID D010010
Record type Site
Current site name Black Trail

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14341, 46.3185 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.9 KM NW OF RACETRACK LAKE.

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 007N 012W 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CONTINUE 8 MILES EAST OF GRANITE ON GRANITE-RACETRACK LAKE JEEP TRAIL TO JUNC. WITH MUD LAKE JEEP TRAIL THEN GO NORTH 0.25 MILES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AG 0.4 OZ/TON, 0.063% CU, 0.011% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14341, 46.3185
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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