Deerlodge Basin Prospect

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10013618
MRDS ID D010015
Record type Site
Current site name Deerlodge Basin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08091, 46.39517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5800 FEET NORTHWEST OF GOAT MOUNTAIN, 1000 Ft Radius, 1000 Ft Radius, 1000 Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(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;008N 012W;012W 03;34,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 10 MILES ON BOULDER CREEK ROAD TO BROOKLYN MINE THEN NORTHEASTERLY TO ALTOONA LAKES, ON RIDGE 0.5-1.0 MILE E OF THE ALBION MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6.3 OZ./TON AG, 0.73% PB, 0.70% WO3, 0.24% ZN, 0.40% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock
    Rock description Royal Stock
    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) -113.08091, 46.39517

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mount Powell Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike 315
    Dip 55

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 7.62M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TRENCH, ONE TEST PIT AND ONE INCLINED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "TUNGSTUN CONTENT INDICATES AN EXTENSION OF TUNGSTUN BEARING ROCKS MORE THAN ONE MILE NORTHWARD FROM GRANITE CREEK AREA" ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.