Miljour No. 3 Lode

Prospect in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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. 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096925
MRDS ID FS00298
Record type Site
Current site name Miljour No. 3 Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95337, 46.41407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position ON WARM SPRINGS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clancy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 003W 23 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT
Result 0.40 OZ/TON AG - 20.4 OZ/TON, CU - 1.6%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95337, 46.41407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer Edward Horsky

Mining district

District name Clancy (Buffalo Creek)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Horsky

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY SHAFT 4 FEET BY 8 FEET BY 5 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL USFS

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.