| Deposit ID | 10105538 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007424 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pyrenees Mine |
| Related records | 10149128 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.23841, 46.19517 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2097 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | E OF GEORGETOWN LAKE APPOX 1.5MI., 0.25 Km Radius |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Deer Lodge(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Philipsburg(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Deer Lodge |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005N | 013W | 09 | CENTER OF SW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Cable Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Cable Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -113.23841, 46.19517 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Philipsburg Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Cable Stock |
| General form | VERTICAL SHEET |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 25 E |
| Dip | 70-77 W |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| District name | Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Pyrenees Development Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Overall depth | 81.08M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007424 |
MBMG BULL 84, P. 18, 19.
USGS PP 78, P. 236.
MBMG M&M NO 31, P. 20-1.
MBMG INF. CIR. 31, PLATE 4
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1918, 1933, 1935, 1949, 1950.
1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKINS
1966 GEOLMAP MBMG EARLL
MBMG BULL 84. MBMG MEM 31, P. 21; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEAR BOOK '50
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE WAS OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE, HEAVY SULFIDE ORE WAS ENCOUNTERED BELOW. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-75 | Mlynarczyk, Meg S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-80 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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