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Poker Chip Lode/Claim

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022659
MRDS ID FS00054
Record type Site
Current site name Poker Chip Lode/Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.01619, 46.45461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES NE OF RAINBOW LAKE, 3 MILES S OF JONES MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 011W 08,17,18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY CERTIFICATE (OCTOBER 21, 1960 - GOODALL BROS.) GOLD AND COPPER, TRACE
Result SILVER, LEAD, ZINC, NONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.01619, 46.45461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer R. M. Dezell

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rankin, A. L.

Comments on development

  • QUARTZ STRINGERS AND FRACTURES FOUND IN AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 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.

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