Schiller Lode

Prospect in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096930
MRDS ID FS00331
Record type Site
Current site name Schiller Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.92912, 45.04575 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF HENDERSON MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clarks Fork Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 014E 13 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERAL WAS FOUND BY THE MINERAL EXAMINER, THE CLAIM APPEARS VALID

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1911

Mining district

District name New World Mining

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellowstone Mining Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 32.61M
    Overall length 5.18M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL FOLLOWS A SEAM OF SULFIDES AND COPPER STAINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1921 DIREXPL USFS

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.

External references