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Lame Rabbit Lode

Occurrence in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10022890
MRDS ID FS00398
Record type Site
Current site name Lame Rabbit Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.61172, 45.88601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2 MILES SW OF GIRL SCOUT CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 007W 32 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT - AU - .005 OZ/TON AG - TRACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.61172, 45.88601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer Thomas Sloan

Mining district

District name Divide Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Sloan

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 37.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 27 FEET OF THE TUNNEL IS FALSE. DISCOVERY CUT - 4 FEETX40 FEETX6 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1932 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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