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Silver Rule Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019181
MRDS ID DC08946
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Rule Mine
Related records 10196493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95089, 45.31796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 5 AIR MILES NW OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 16 NE OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95089, 45.31796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 20 NE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT DRIVEN ALONG DOLOMITIZED SILICIFIED ZONE.

Comments on development

  • W.A. CLARK DEVELOPED PROPERTY IN 1895 FOR 6 MONTHS BEFORE WORK WAS STOPPED AND THE PROPERTY STRIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 60-61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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