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Unknown Ag Mine Park Lake

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Uranium
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012379
MRDS ID D007981
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Ag Mine Park Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16199, 46.43851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.7 KM SSE OF PARK LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 8.3 KM SE OF RIMINI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RADIOACTIVITY IS GREATEST IN BLACK MICROCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 0.16 % URANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16199, 46.43851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, ONLY #1 & 3 PRODUCED. 2 CROSS CUTS IN ADIT #3.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTOR ONLY USED HAND METHODS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE VEIN SPLIT INTO TWO VEINS WITH INTERVENING ALTERED WALLROCK. THE VEIN ZONE IS A COMPLEX ZONE OF FAULT, VEINS, AND ALTERED ROCK.

Reporter information

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

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