Mamie D. Lode

Prospect in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096922
MRDS ID FS00273
Record type Site
Current site name Mamie D. Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0606, 46.54407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF UNIONVILLE, MONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 004W 11 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphosed Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0606, 46.54407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Limestone & Igneous Intrusives

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Henry R. Davies

Mining district

District name Helena District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Murray E. Gaw

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1953 DIREXPL BL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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