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George Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019436
MRDS ID DC10047
Record type Site
Current site name George Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06758, 46.22433 (WGS84)
Elevation 2402
Relative position 2KM NNE OF OLSON MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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 012W 35 E2 OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SLOPE OF LOST CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result OXIDIZED ORE ASSAY
Result UP TO 15 OUNCES AG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06758, 46.22433
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lost Creek Granite Stock

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS IN BEDDING PLANE
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Lost Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS AND INCLINES, CAVED IN 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 244.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 27, 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 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.

External references

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