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Samuel Lode Claim

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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 10022664
MRDS ID FS00063
Record type Site
Current site name Samuel Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06758, 46.53322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DRUMMOND, MONTANA, AT THE NORTH END OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunkleberg Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 012W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION LAT LONG ARE GENERAL FOR AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT - 12 INCHES WIDE, 2 INCHES DEEP, AND A DISTANCE OF 36 INCHES ABOUT 50 FEET FROM THE ENTRANCE OF THE NO. 1 DISCOVERY SHAFT.

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AG - 4.8 OZS./TON
Result PB - 2.20%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06758, 46.53322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dunkleberg Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Plunge 30 DEG N
    Length 32.31M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer Paul Ozanne

Mining district

District name Dunkleberg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Ozanne

Comments on the workings information

  • COMPRESSOR HOUSE - 16 FT BY 20 FT, FRAME CONSTRUCTION AND A SMALL 150 C.P.M. AIR COMPRESSOR IS HOUSED IN ONE HALF OF THIS BUILDING AND A MACHINE SHOP OCCUPIES THE OTHER HALF - IS LOCATED ON THE CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1958 GEOLMAP UNKNOWN, DRUMMOND, MONT. QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODES ARE SIMPLE QUARTZ VEINS IN FISSURES THAT FOLLOW INCLINAL BEDDING PLANES OR CUT ACROSS THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND DIORITE SILLS.

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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