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Pay Day

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019610
MRDS ID DC10948
Record type Site
Current site name Pay Day

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09258, 46.20767 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.1KM W OF SUMMIT OF OLSON MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 10 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF OLSON GULCH ON E SIDE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Clinozoisite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09258, 46.20767
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Highly Faulted Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1954
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Moe And Others
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1954-1955
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.3% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHING, 595 FT DIAMOND DRILLING, WAGON DRILL HOLE TOTAL 887 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 43, 45, 51-52

  • Production

    USBM REP INVES 5612

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BEDS STRIKE N 68 E AND DIP 25 NW. THE OUTCROP IS EXPOSED FOR MORE THAN 80 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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