| Deposit ID | 10101991 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC10743 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Climax Apex Lode Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Clipper |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.63422, 45.86379 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Relative position | ELEVEN MILES SW OF BUTTE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tucker Creek(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 001N | 008W | 05,06 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite;Aplite/Quartz Porphyry Dikes | ||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite;Aplite/Quartz Porphyry Dikes | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.63422, 45.86379 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Bouulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Vein Is Cut By Faults Striking N 40 E And Dipping 75w. |
| Strike | N 80 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 85 S |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Divide Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. S. Knowlson |
| Home office | Colorado Springs. Co. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Intermountain Deaconess Home For Children |
| Home office | Helena, Mt. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Year | 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1907-1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz. Au/Ton, 20 Oz. Ag/Ton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC10743 |
REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 31, P. 99-100.
SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS-HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 32, P. 35
HANSEN, M., 1971, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES-1970: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 82, P. 20.
LAWSON, D., 1977, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES-1976: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULLETIN 103, P. 22.
1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 57
MBMG MEM. 31
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PATENTED LODE CLAIMS: MONUMENT, BACKBONE, FIRST CLASS, FRACTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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