Hidden Treasure-Ramona

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013615
MRDS ID D010011
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure-Ramona

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13841, 46.31239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 KM N OF RACETRACK CREEK LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fred Burr Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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

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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 012W 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR JUCTION OF GRANITE-RACETRACK LAKE AND MUD LAKE JEEP TRAILS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ VEIN: 0.44 OZ/TON AU, 0.021% CU, 0.006 PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philpsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philpsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13841, 46.31239

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Set Strikes N 85 W And Dips 85 Sw

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU, CU, PB CONCENTRATES LOCALLY OCCUR IN THIS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Roy Kamura

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT AND SHAFT, 3 PITS 10 TO 15 FT IN DIAMETER, 2 20FT LONG TRENCHES,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 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.