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Delta Lode Claim

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10022679
MRDS ID FS00089
Record type Site
Current site name Delta Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2148, 46.236 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 10 MILES SE OF PHILIPSBURG, MONTANA, ON THE NORTH FORK OF FLINT CREEK

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)

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 006N 013W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT - 6 INCHES WIDE, 2 INCHES DEEP AND FOR A DISTANCE OF 40 INCHES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE WINZE IN THE NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT - AU - 0.470 OZS./TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Long Broad Canyon Of Upper Flint Creek In Which These Claims Lie, Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA HAS BEEN GLACIATED MANY TIMES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Eugene Keppler

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eugene Garrett
    Home office Box 905, Anaconda, Mt. 59711

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT IS 5 FT BY 7 FT BY 30 FT LONG WITH WINZE 12 FT DEEP AT THE FACE - PARTIALLY TIMBERED AT THE PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USF

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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