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Storm King Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101547
MRDS ID D004735
Record type Site
Current site name Storm King Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89395, 45.30796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 2 AIR MILES NW OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SE 1/4, SECTION 13, 1200 FT. NW OF THE SYLVIA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE FROM BRECCIA ZONE AT ADIT ASSAYED 0.25 OZ AG/TON, 0.52 OZ AU/TON, 0.15% PB, AND NO ZINC.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Flathead
    Rock description Flathead
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.89395, 45.30796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Cross-Faults Trend N50e, 75 Nw. Quartzite Trends E-W, 12s

Ore body information

  • Strike N 09 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Malcomb Fleming
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE CONFIDENTIAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN IN MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 61

  • Deposit

    1972 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-WW2
Deposit CRUSHED QUARTZITE IS MINERALIZED BY RED IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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