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Fourth of July

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Barium-Barite, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012272
MRDS ID D007816
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33537, 46.82017 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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

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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 014W 03 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON A SLOPE 0.25 MI SE OF RED CLOUD MILL, 300-400 FT HIGHER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1.8 OZ/TON AG, 1.18 OZ/TON AU.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result PORPHRY DIKE ASSAYED $5.00 IN AU (1900).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Silver Hill Formation;Flathead Formation;Missoula Group
    Rock description Silver Hill Formation;Flathead Formation;Missoula Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33537, 46.82017
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deep Creek Anticline, Garnet Stock

Ore body information

  • General form BANDED
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOURTH OF JULY MAYBE A SHIFTED PORTION OF RED CLOUD VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garnet (First Chance) District

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPING AU-AG ORE 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADIT LEVELS HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 300 FT, AND A DEPTH OF 450 FT ON THE DIP.

Comments on development

  • GUNN (HOWARD) LEASE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 194,

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 31.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 30.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NW AND SE VEIN IS CUT OFF BY FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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