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Young America Claim

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019457
MRDS ID DC10521
Record type Site
Current site name Young America Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.25648, 46.32017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position 3.3 KM SE OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(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 007N 013W 32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE EAST OF THE SUMMIT OF RED HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.25648, 46.32017
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 66 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner James R. Hunter
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt. 59858

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 209.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 82, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-28-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED GRANITE, THIN SHEETS OF QUARTZ AND SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 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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