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Iola Prospect

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  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 10019253
MRDS ID DC09217
Record type Site
Current site name Iola Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.82504, 44.54351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES SW OF DELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caboose Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015S 010W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 150 FT UP FROM VALLEY FLOOR NEAR THE JUNCTION OF BIG SHEEP CREEK AND NICHOLIA CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Locally Altered To Marble With Graphite

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF .037 PERCENT EQUIVALENT URANIUM AND .05 PERCENT URANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.82504, 44.54351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30.48M
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Between Limestone And Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. H. Peterson ( 1953 )
    Home office Lima, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 12.8M
    Overall length 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT PIT, 150 FT ADIT, 42 FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: TRITES & TOOKER 1953

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, AP, JR, ET AL, 1962, USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1955 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., INFO. CIRC. 6 , P. 8 .

  • Deposit

    TRITES, A. F., TOOKER, E. W., 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTROL IDAHO AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL. 988 - H.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-18-1963

  • Deposit

    5) GEACH, R. D., 1972 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 85 , P. 165 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE KNOWN VEINS IN CONTACT ZONE OF 50 TO 150 FT. LONG AND 3 TO 12 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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