Lewis Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019082
MRDS ID DC08529
MAS/MILS ID 300430294
Record type Site
Current site name Lewis Prospect
Alternate or previous names A. G. Lewis Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13194, 46.25139 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI N OF BOULDER STATION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 006N 004W 20 C Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 300 FT FROM TRACK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13194, 46.25139

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder District

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Pardee, J.T., and Schrader, F.C., 1933, Metalliferous deposits of the Greater Helena Mining Region, Montana: USGS BULL 842, P. 293.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, 1960, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General "The occurrence of quicksilver in the prospect of A.G. Lewis, about half a mile north of Boulder station on the Great Northern Railway and 300 feet from the track, is mentioned in Mineral Resources for 1917, page 415. At that locality several fissures that traverse granitic rock contain chalcedonic quartz. Pits on one of these veins show earthy cinnabar coating fragments of the vein material. This particular vein is about 1 foot wide." (Bull. 842, p. 293-294.)
Deposit EARTHY CINNABAR COATING FRAGMENTS OF VEIN MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-03-01 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1981-01-01 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-09-14 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Confirmed from Bull. 842, p. 293. Deleted duplicate 10040119 (M054775) and 10246117 (MAS 0300430294)
Reporter 1977-02-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey MRDS M054775
Reporter 1983-11-14 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 10246117 (MAS 0300430294)

Beyond USGS

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