Banker Claim

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019762
MRDS ID DC11419
Record type Site
Current site name Banker Claim
Alternate or previous names Bryan and Banker Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16952, 46.41545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position S SLOPE OF BOULDER CREEK CANYON, 0.4 KM SW OF PRINCETON MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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 008N 013W 25 NW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Glacial Moraine;Red Lion Formation
    Rock description Glacial Moraine;Red Lion Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16952, 46.41545

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $1,000 AG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 250.

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, G.E., 1959, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 955-E.

  • Production

    EMMONS, F.C. 1913 USGS PROF. PAPER 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS CUT ACROSS BEDDING

Reporter information

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