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Blue Rock Lode

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091793
MRDS ID FS00250
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Rock Lode
Related records 10221751

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30616, 45.98351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ON HALFWAY CREEK ABOUT 10 MILES BY SPEEDOMETER FROM PIPESTONE HOT SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 006W 26 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALLEGED MINERAL ON CLAIM IS GOLD. 0.24 OZS AU, 0.36 OZS AG (BOTH PER TON)

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT (SAMPLE FROM VEIN IN TUNNEL):

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30616, 45.98351
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • BUTTE GRANITE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Mrs. Hilma Kanto

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Hilma Kanto

Comments on the workings information

  • HOUSE; OLD TUNNEL CAVED IN AFTER 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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