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Carbonator Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019069
MRDS ID DC08477
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonator Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11063, 46.18961 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position W FORK OF OLSON GULCH 3.3 KM SW OF OLSON MT. SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 16 CENTER OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Formation
    Rock description Jefferson Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11063, 46.18961
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Crest Of An Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N45W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SMALL STOCK OF GRANODIORITE LIES 0.25 MI W AND A LARGER STOCK IS ABOUT 0.75 MI S OF PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cliff Smith
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 35 FT SHAFT, 150 FT ADIT, SHAFT ON SILVER-BEARING SHEAR ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5612, P. 2, 43, 45, 52-3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH GRADE SCHEELITE FLOAT ABOVE ADIT, NONE IN ADIT. SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 45 W AND HAS A VERTICAL DIP. A LENS 8-12 IN WIDE AND 5 FT LONG IS EXPOSED IN W WALL OF SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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