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Eclipse Claim

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019938
MRDS ID DC11980
Record type Site
Current site name Eclipse Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49532, 45.59296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 8.5 AIR MILES NW OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Bridges SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 007W 08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SECTION 8.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49532, 45.59296
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 90
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • OXIDIZED ORE WAS STOPED FROM DEPTH OF 25 FT. TO THE SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-22-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST THREE NARROW VEINS CUT THE SCHIST AT RIGHT ANGLES. A NORTH TRENDING FAULT CUTS OFF THE VEINS AT THEIR WESTERN ENDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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