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Champaign Lode Claim

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022649
MRDS ID FS00041
Record type Site
Current site name Champaign Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23563, 46.206 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES SE OF PHILIPSBURG MONTANA IN THE OLD MINING TOWN OF SOUTHERN CROSS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT - 12 INCHES WIDE, 2 INCHES DEEP AND A DISTANCE OF 40", WAIST HIGH, NEAR FACE OF NO. 1 ADIT

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AG - 12 OZS/TON
Result PB - 3.0%
Result ZN - 5.4%
Result CU - 0.44%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23563, 46.206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Long Broad Canyon Of Upper Flint Creek In Which These Claims Liecable Stock Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lindborg, Robert

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 ADIT - 5 FT. BY 7 FT. BY 450 FT. LONG; COMPRESSOR HOUSE (12 FT. BY 14 FT.) AND 500 FT. OF MINE TRACK AND 3 SMALL ORE CARS, ARE LOCATED ON THE CLAIM (2 PILES OF MINE TIMBERS ALSO)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1905/1916

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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