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Lucky Irishman Lode

Prospect 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096927
MRDS ID FS00313
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Irishman Lode
Alternate or previous names Jefferson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2606, 45.97296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1.6 MILES SE OF MC CLUSKY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 003N 005W 32 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM AN APLITE DIKE

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORTS - AG - .4 OZ/TON AU - TRACE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2606, 45.97296
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE IS THOUROUGHLY DECOMPOSED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Richard H. Caldwell

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard H. Caldwell

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 SHAFT - 6 FEET BY 6 FEET BY 33 FEET DEEP. NO. 2 SHAFT 6 FT BY 6 FT BY 12 FEET DEEP. NO. 3 CUT - 3 FT BY 2 1/2 FEET BY 20 FT LONG. NO. 4 CUT 2 FT BY 2 1/2 FT BY 20 FT LONG

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

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

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