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Elsie Lode

Occurrence in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022813
MRDS ID FS00296
Record type Site
Current site name Elsie Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.42558, 46.72796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position ON BEAVER CREEK, MONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whites City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 002E 12 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY REPORT; DISCOVERY CUT - AU. TRACE AG - .1 OZ/TON; NEW WORK AU - TRACE, AG .2 OZ/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name York Confederate Gulch, Quartz Diorite
    Rock description York Confederate Gulch, Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Belt Sediments, Limestone Limey Shales, Sandstone
    Rock description Belt Sediments, Limestone Limey Shales, Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.42558, 46.72796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz-Diorite Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer Otto C. Hoge

Mining district

District name Beaver (Elk Creek)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Otto C. Hoge

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1935 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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