| Deposit ID | 10105768 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015564 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lilly-Orphan Boy Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Lily-Orphan Boy Group, Lily Mine, Orphan Boy Mine, Twin City Mine |
| Related records | 10221619 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.34172, 46.44268 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2085 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASIN MONTANA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Powell(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(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
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Powell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008N | 006W | 15 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | TWIN CITY MINE $3.60/TON AU, AG, CU, PB, PRE 1900. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth) | ||||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Width | 1.98M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Elliston District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 54.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015564 |
MBMG BULL 98, P. 13, 49.
USGS BULL 842, P. 266
USGS BULL 527, P. 78-79
USGS BULL 1151, PL. 1.
MBMG BULL 98, P. 49.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE WORKINGS ARE SAID TO EXPLORE AN EAST TRENDING HIGH-ANGLE VEIN RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 4.0 TO 6.5 FEET |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1977 | Mckenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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