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Bull Elk Lode

Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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 10022839
MRDS ID FS00334
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Elk Lode
Related records 10264630

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.94162, 45.05492 (WGS84)
Elevation 2999
Relative position 1/4 MILE E OF HENDERSON MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 014E 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BELONGS TO THE ARROWHEAD GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE WORKINGS WERE NOT CONDUCIVE TO SAMPLING AS THEY WERE ALL CAVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - TRACE, AG - 1. OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.94162, 45.05492
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE CLAIM OVERLIES THE CONTACT ZONE HOWEVER THE VEIN RESULTS FROM THE ALTERATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer J. H. Hazzard

Mining district

District name New World Mining

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Charbonneau

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT - 5 FTX42 FTX7 FT. CUT 4 FTX20 FTX5 FT. CUT 4 FTX10 FTX6 FT. TRENCH - 8 FTX90 FTX6-2 FT DEEP. CUT 8 FTX40 FTX4 FT FACE. TRENCH 8 FTX90 FT TRENCH-15 FT. BY 102 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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