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War Eagle Claim

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019078
MRDS ID DC08500
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Claim
Alternate or previous names War Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26202, 46.16545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE S58W OF GOLD COIN MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 19 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF GEORGETOWN LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26202, 46.16545
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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 E
    Dip S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • A TUNNEL AND A WINZE NEAR THE PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG 1C 13, PL. 4.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 236.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUTS ACROSS BEDDING AND IS OXIDIZED FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

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