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Condor Lodes

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094903
MRDS ID FS00392
Record type Site
Current site name Condor Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23449, 46.30879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position IN GALENA GULCH CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY

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 006N 005W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THIS IS ONE OF A GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALTHOUGH THE ASSAY REPORT IS POOR, THE SHAFT EXPOSES A VEIN WHICH MAY BE PROMISING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: - AU - 0.01 OZ/TON AG - 0.2 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.23449, 46.30879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike S 45 DEG W
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer William Soll

Mining district

District name Boulder District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Soll, William

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT - NO INFORMATION ON DIMINSIONS, A CROSS CUT ATTEMPTS TO INTERSECT SHAFT AND VEIN BUT IS CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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