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Upper Granite Prospect

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094610
MRDS ID D010012
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Granite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08785, 46.39072 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 KM SE OF ALTOONA LAKES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 012W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.75 MI SE FROM THE END OF THE JEEP TRAIL IN DEER LODGE BASIN, AT THE TOP OF THE BASIN RIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4.4 OZ/TON AG, 1.2% PB, 0.40% CU
Result 0.08% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock
    Rock description Royal Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08785, 46.39072
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Royal Stock
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mount Powell Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 47 W
    Dip 44 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 TRENCHES, 15-40 FT LONG, UPPER MOST TRENCH IS ADJACENT TO AN OLD CAVE SHAFT (SIXTEEN-TO-ONE?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN SYSTEM 20 FT THICK, STRIKES N 47 W AND DIPS 44 SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) 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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