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Beudantite Occurrence

Occurrence in Flathead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019023
MRDS ID DC08336
Record type Site
Current site name Beudantite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-114.67543, 47.91071 (WGS84) 1024 APPROX. 2.3 MI SE OF HUBBART LOOKOUT.
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-114.70607, 47.93341 (WGS84) 10 Hubbart Lookout

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hubbart Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025N 024W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE CENTER OF THE SECTION
  • Political location in record is Sanders county. Lat/long falls 3.7km inside adjacent Flathead county. Lat/long is consistent with relative position information APPROX. 2.3 MI SE OF HUBBART LOOKOUT and with PLSS coordinates. So the county name was changed to Flathead.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beudantite Ore

Analytical data

Result NODULES ASSAYED 0.3 OZ/TON AG. IT SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND THAT SILVER ASSAYS OF SURFICIAL ROCK IN THE DISTRICT ARE GENERALLY LOW

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Hog Heaven Volcanics
    Rock description Hog Heaven Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67543, 47.91071
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(2) -114.70607, 47.93341
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shroder Creek Fault; Elk Mountain Anticline. Both Trend Nw. N - S Trending Anticlines And Synclines

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fumarole Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hog Heaven District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • NO DEVELOPMENT OR EXPLORATION HAS TAKEN PLACE ON THIS OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., AND OTHERS: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 36 , P. 58 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., AND OTHERS, 1963 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI - FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 36 , PP. 55, 58 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-14-1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES ARE SCATTERED ON THE SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-79 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 29-JUL-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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