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Letus No. 1 Lode Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022657
MRDS ID FS00050
Record type Site
Current site name Letus No. 1 Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19813, 46.2735 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES NE OF THE GEORGETOWN LAKE IN THE RED LION MINING DISTRICT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fred Burr 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT - 6 INCHES WIDE, 2 INCHES DEEP FOR A DISTANCE OF 3 FT. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BULLDOZER CUT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AG - 0.10 OZ./TON
Result AU - 0.36 OZ./TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19813, 46.2735
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Long, Broad Canyon Of The Flint Creek Philpsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA HAS BEEN GLACIATED MANY TIMES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Gene F. Marker And Mina Marker

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Letus Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 DISCOVERY SHAFT IS A 2 COMPARTMENT (6 FT. BY 8 FT. BY 55 FT. DEEP); BULLDOZER CUT - 12 FT. WIDE, 8 FT. DEEP BY 100 FT. LONG; GASOLINE - POWERED AIR COMPRESSOR, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF AIR PIPE, AIR HOSE, AND THE USUAL MINING TOOLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-75 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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