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Silverlight Quartz Lode Claim

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022660
MRDS ID FS00055
Record type Site
Current site name Silverlight Quartz Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1148, 46.39989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF MAXVILLE MONTANA, NEAR THE UPPER END OF BOULDER CREEK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(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)

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 007N 012W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT - 12 INCHES WIDE AND A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 48 INCHES ON THE NE SIDE OF WORKING #3.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AG - 3.9 OZS/TON
Result AU - 0.045 OZ/TON
Result CU - 0.73%
Result PB - 0.74%
Result ZN - 0.45%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1148, 46.39989
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 18.29M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH - FORMS A LARGE MASS ROUGHLY ELLIPTICAL IN GROUND PLAN COVERING AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 40 SQ. MILES. THE UPPER SURFACE IS DOMELIKE AND IN MANY PLACES THE CONTACT FOLLOWS THE BEDDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Roger F. Little And George Croonenberghs

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Exploration And Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black And White Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE SHAFT - 6 FT. X 6 FT. WITH DEPTH UNKNOWN. APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT. OF OLD DITCH USED TO CARRY WATER TO THE MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE VALUES WOULD APPEAR TO BE LOW TO MODERATE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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