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Chief Joe Lode

Prospect in Madison 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022687
MRDS ID FS00101
Record type Site
Current site name Chief Joe Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.86752, 45.11657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 20 MILES SOUTHWARD FROM ENNIS, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broomtail Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 002W 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALL LOCATIONS ESTIMATED FROM SECTION CORNERS; GOOD TO WITHIN ONE MILE OF EXACT LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE TAKEN AT NO. 2 SHAFT (ASSAY REPORT DONE UNDER THE 1959 - DIREXPL BY USFS THO SAMPLE TAKEN UNDER 1958 - DIREXPL BY USFS)

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT GOLD - 0.01 OZ/TON
Result SILVER - 0.04 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria;Tuffs, Limestones
    Rock description Phosphoria;Tuffs, Limestones
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.86752, 45.11657
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Rodger Kent

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rodger Kent

Comments on the workings information

  • IMPROVEMENTS ON CLAIM NO. 1 DISCOVERY CUT: 12 FT L BY 7 FT W BY 4 FT; NO. 2 SHAFT: 5 FT DIAMETER BY 5 FT DEEP; NO. 3 SMALL TEST HOLE: 3 FT DIAMETER BY 4 FT DEEP; WATERHOLE DEVELOPMENT; 3 - 5 FT METAL (CORREGATED) CASING HAS BEEN USED OVER THE SPRING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1959 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-75 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-SEP-75 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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