Pine Tree Claim

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014496
MRDS ID D011298
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Tree Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03837, 45.92879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 004W 13 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson
    Rock description Greyson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03837, 45.92879

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 72 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1913-1949
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.1%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 0wt-pct
  • Year 1949
    Period 1913-1949
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^18.9%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 19wt-pct

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, A, 1966, M.S. BUTTE, MT. COLL OF MIN SCI AND TECH, P. 75

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 117

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY DEFINED FISSURE VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 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.