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The Della Lode

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094898
MRDS ID FS00318
Record type Site
Current site name The Della Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22616, 46.33157 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1/2 MILE W OF BOULDER CHIEF MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 007N 005W 27,28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUTTE (1958) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - TRACE, AG 10.93 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.22616, 46.33157
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Della And Robert Whalen

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Della And Robert Whalen

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT; 2 FEET WIDE, 8 FEET LONG, 4 1/2 FEET DEEP CUT; 2 1/2 FEET BY 12 1/2 FEET BY 5 FEET; SHAFT - CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1938 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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