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Royal Metals Tunnel

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019408
MRDS ID DC09956
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Metals Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24759, 46.32461 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.7KM NW OF GRANITE

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 007N 013W 32 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1000FT N OF GRANITE BELL TUNNEL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Strike N75E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 0.08M
    Length 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS FIRST VEIN IS CROSSED 168 FT FROM THE PORTAL AND FOLLOWED E FOR 500'FT. 2 ND VEIN IS INTERSECTED 500 FT FROM THE PORTAL. THE 3RD IS NEAR THE BREAST OF THE CROSSCUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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