Radar Lode

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014290
MRDS ID D010998
Record type Site
Current site name Radar Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19897, 46.26572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Relative position ABOUT 10 MI SE OF PHILIPSBURG.

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)

Flint-Rock(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 14,22,23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE RED LION MINE AT THE HEAD OF THE N FORK OF FLINT CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT 12 IN WIDE, 2 IN DEEP AT A DISTANCE OF 36 IN IN THE FLOOR OF NO. 1 BULLDOZER CUT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AU 0.16 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19897, 46.26572

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Robert Lindborg

Mining district

District name Red Lion

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lindborg, Robert

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. ONE DISCOVERY CUT-12 FT WIDE, 10 FT DEEP BY 100 FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USFS FIELD WORK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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