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Scenic Lode

Occurrence in Silver Bow 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022824
MRDS ID FS00312
Record type Site
Current site name Scenic Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39144, 45.81101 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 5/8 MILE N OF MOUTH OF PIGEON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pipestone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 006W 30 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT
Result AU-TRACE, AG-0.2 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Qtz. Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Qtz. Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39144, 45.81101
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Chester R. Dow

Mining district

District name Highland (Fish Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chester R. Dow

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 0.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • LOCATION WORK EXPOSES A DIKE OF SLIGHTLY ALTERED PEGMATITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1934 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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