Samuel Lode

Prospect in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096934
MRDS ID FS00353
Record type Site
Current site name Samuel Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06897, 46.52989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2 MILES NNE OF GOLDBERG RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunkleberg Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 012W 14 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALTHOUGH NO ECONOMIC VALUE WAS MENTIONED IT IS APPARENT THIS MINE IS VALID

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06897, 46.52989

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Qtz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CLAIM IS ON ARGILLITE, MINERALS ARE EVIDENTLY FROM IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer Paul Ozanne

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Ozanne

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF THE SHAFT WAS AVAILABLE, BUT THE VEIN IS THOUGHT TO BE SEVERAL FEET THICK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1947 DIREXPL USF

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.