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Stormway-Morgan Evans Mine

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094790
MRDS ID DC08874
Record type Site
Current site name Stormway-Morgan Evans Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1023, 46.2035 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1.9 KM WSW OF OLSON MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 09 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN OLSON GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1023, 46.2035
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N73W
    Dip 80 N
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 100 FT FROM PORTAL, VEIN IS OFFSET 15 FT NORTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, 4 ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 244.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 32, 35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 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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