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Josephine Lode

Prospect in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022852
MRDS ID FS00350
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Lode
Related records 10270163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.98496, 45.05353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633
Relative position 1/2 MILE NW OF MILLER 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 16 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO REPORTS WERE MADE ON AMOUNTS HOWEVER IT IS APPARENT THAT THE CLAIM IS RICH IN ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.98496, 45.05353
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS CAUSED BY REPLACEMENT IN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Yellowstone Mining Corp.

Mining district

District name New World Mining

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellowstone Mining Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL CUTS, THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT EXCEEDS $500.00. A SHAFT IS CAVED AND FILLED W/WATER BUT ITS DUMP IS VERY RICH IN ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1921 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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