Log Cabin Lode

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101561
MRDS ID D004804
Record type Site
Current site name Log Cabin Lode
Related records 10123462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.94812, 45.69545 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 7 AIR MILES SOUTH OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 002S 011W 03 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 4000 FT DUE W OF GRAY JOCKEY MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.94812, 45.69545

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 85 W
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Art Semsak
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKINGS INDICATE PROBABLE PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 500-FT. ADIT EXPOSING VEIN. EXTENSIVE STOPED AREAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 20, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENTICULAR VEIN RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 3 INCHES TO 6 FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.

External references