Caroline & Lion Mtn Claim

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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019397
MRDS ID DC09933
Record type Site
Current site name Caroline & Lion Mtn Claim
Alternate or previous names Caroline and Iron Mountain Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.12369, 46.391 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 KM S OF PIERRE HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(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 007N 012W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BELOW BROOKLYN MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Group
    Rock description Madison Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.12369, 46.391

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 250, PL. 1, 2.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-06-1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 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.