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E. X. L. Claim

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010557
MRDS ID D004332
Record type Site
Current site name E. X. L. Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.43727, 45.79851 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF PIPESTONE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pipestone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 007W 35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 OF THE NE/4 OF SECTION 35.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher
    Rock description Meagher

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.43727, 45.79851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip 60 E
    Width 1.07M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Highland (Fish Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shone, A. K.
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 10-FT DISCOVERY SHAFT IS 250 FT. N 15 W OF A 400-FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 32, P. 50-51

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3.5 FT. MINERALIZED ZONE IS EXPOSED IN SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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