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Lexington

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148705
MAS/MILS ID 0300490058
Record type Site
Current site name Lexington

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.24118, 46.4721 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(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 008 N 005 W 04 SWNWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.24118, 46.4721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N78W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 152M
    Length 243.8M
    Width 2.1M
    Area 3.3HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N78W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3.3
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rimini

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES IN MATRIX 1 ARE FROM REC 700 PRODUCTION FIGURES. GRADES IN MATRIX 2 ARE AN AVERAGE OF 3 ASSAYS FROM GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP OF THE RED MTN MINE. TONNAGES ARE INVESTIGATORS ESTIMATES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.252

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT ETAL 1963 USGS PROF PAPER428 P57

  • Deposit

    TRAUERMAN AND WALDROM 1940 MBMG MEM 20 P 52

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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