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Lady Luck Placer

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022868
MRDS ID FS00370
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Luck Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.72647, 46.89183 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ON WILLOW CR., 8 MILES SE OF LINCOLN, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 009W 10 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY FINE COLORS WERE TAKEN FROM SAMPLING SOME BLACK CONCENTRATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAY REPORT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Flow
    Rock description Rhyolite Flow
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newland Limestone
    Rock description Newland Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.72647, 46.89183
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Curtis G. Lantis And George D. Lantis

Mining district

District name Lincoln Gulch District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George D. Lantis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 8.23M

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY SHAFT - 27 FT DEEP. CUTS NO. 1 4 FT BY 3 FT BY 6 FT NO. 2 3 FT BY 4 FT BY 3 1/2 FT. LOG CABIN 16 FEET BY 18 FEET. WOODSHED 10 FEET BY 14 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1955 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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