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Montana Claim

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019076
MRDS ID DC08496
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Claim
Alternate or previous names Montana Mine Deer Lodge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24813, 46.20545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.6 KM NORTH OF GEORGETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 013W 08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • VALLEY OF FLINT CREEK ON GEORGETOWN FLAT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAY COPPER MINERAL CONTAINING SULFUR AND ANTIMONY IN PARTLY OXIDIZED ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Crushed, Mineralized And Oxidized

Analytical data

Result FROM DUMP GT 1.0 OZ/TON AU
Result IN 1906 AU WAS $ 2-20/TN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24813, 46.20545
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 NE
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 31.7M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS, CROSSCUT AT 50 AND 100 FT INACESSIBLE IN 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 235.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 18, 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1990 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.

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