Johnson Claim

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019280
MRDS ID DC09372
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.25453, 46.46656 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position E OF SMART CREEK 0.9 KM SE OF THE LAST CHANCE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 013W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW VALUES OF AU & CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.25453, 46.46656

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • Dip 38 SW
    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 Maxville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS FOLLOWED BY POST-MINERAL FISSURES WITH SLICKENSIDES PARALLEL TO THE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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.