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Clipper Lode

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094695
MRDS ID D011325
Record type Site
Current site name Clipper Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.57036, 45.9485 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 2.5 MI N 70 W OF W. PINTLAR PK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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)

Anaconda Pintler Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 002N 016W 03 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UPPER REACHES OF COPPER CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Shields
    Rock description Mt Shields
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.57036, 45.9485
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anaconda Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CAVED ADIT WITH STOPE TO SURFACE, 1 CAVED SHAFT, 2 TRENCHES, 1 PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE CONTAINS 87,000 TONS THAT AVERAGE 1.2 OZ AG PER TON. AND 0.48% CU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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