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Limerock Claim

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011223
MRDS ID D005559
Record type Site
Current site name Limerock Claim
Alternate or previous names Long Walk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04448, 45.92962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 4.5 MILES NNE OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 004W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE/4 SEC 13

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson Shale
    Rock description Greyson Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04448, 45.92962
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED SHALES ARE PERMEATED AND CEMENTED BY MANGANESE OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMEROCK SHAFT IS 100 FT DEEP TO WATER LEVEL. ONE SMALL DRIFT AND CROSSCUT BELOW ALTITUDE OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, ALEC E., 1966, STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DISTRICT, JEFFERSON CO., MONTANA: MONT. SCH. MINES, M.S. THESIS, 73 P

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON MT. SCHOOL OF MINES, LINDQUIST M.S. THESI

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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