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Lucky Marie Placer

Prospect in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022879
MRDS ID FS00383
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Marie Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51729, 46.89629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 2 MILES SSW OF CRATER MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swede Gulch(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 007W 08 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - TRACE, AG 0.1 OZ/TON PB 1.7%, ZN 3.6%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Helena Formation
    Rock description Helena Formationt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51729, 46.89629
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer Stephen Winderl

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Winderl, Stephen

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 DOZER CUT: 25 FEET WIDE 40 FEET LONG. NO. 2 DOZER CUT; 15 FEET WIDE, 40 FEET LONG. OPEN CUT 3; 3 FEET WIDE, 6 FEET LONG - CUT ALONG SHEAR ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1962 DIREXP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ALONG POORMAN CR. IS CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND ANDESITE
Deposit Discovery Year: 1958 (AMENDED)

Reporter information

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

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