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Grace Lode

Prospect in Park county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. 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 10022853
MRDS ID FS00351
Record type Site
Current site name Grace Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.96051, 45.03436 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 2 MILES NW OF COOKE CITY

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 14,23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THIS CLAIM IS PART OF A GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS NECESSARY TO PROVE THIS IS AN ORE BODY, BUT IS VERY PROMISING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.96051, 45.03436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE IGNEOUS INTRUSIVE IS VERY RICH IN CU AND THIS PARTICULAR MINE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PRODUCE AFTER MORE WORK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name New World Mining

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellowstone Mining Corp

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 64.01M
    Overall length 3.66M
    Overall width 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DISCLOSES AN ABUNDANCE OF ORE. THERE IS NOTHING OF VALUE IN THE CUT.

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

Beyond USGS

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

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