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Ruth V. Claim

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094772
MRDS ID DC08378
Record type Site
Current site name Ruth V. Claim
Alternate or previous names E.T.W. Prospect, Homestake Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65352, 47.83098 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 3.5 MILES WEST OF TROUT CREEK, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Larchwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 024N 032W 24 NW 1/4 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON TROUT CREEK, 1.75 MILES SOUTH OF NOXON RESERVOIR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IRON STAINED QUARTZ FROM DUMP ASSAYED 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.3 % PB WITH A TRACE OF ZN, CU AND AU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65352, 47.83098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 13.11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trout Creek Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CAVED ADITS, THE DUMPS OF WHICH INDICATE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK. IN 1931, REPORTED 2 TUNNELS, ONE 654 FT IN LENGTH, THE OTHER 725 FEET.

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 49 .

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 49 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-06-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER ORE OCCURS AS KIDNEY-SHAPED BODIES WITHIN THE WIDE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. 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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