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Red Rock Claims

Prospect in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221551
MAS/MILS ID 0300490093
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.4678, 47.166 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blowout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri-Dearborn(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016 N 007 W 03 C SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.4678, 47.166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 30W
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N05E:30W
    Date of Last Modification 830301

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner J. S. Hinkle
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977
  • Type Unknown
    Owner C. N. Huston
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Morris, A. B.
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SECTION 4-SW1/4

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 100,1976,P13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP RECORDED FOR MIN. ZONE IS AVE. OF N25W TO N35E AND 20 TO 40 DEGREES WEST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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