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Big Chief Lode

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. 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 10022677
MRDS ID FS00086
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24119, 46.22517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2030
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS MINE, GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE: FROM THE TUNNEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: GOLD - 0.01 OZ/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24119, 46.22517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA HAS BEEN GLACIATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer Clay C. Gibson

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clay C. Gibson

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY TUNNEL AND CUT 4 BY 3 1/2 BY 20.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1920 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1921 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1911 - AMENDED 1919

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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