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Mountain Lion

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019765
MRDS ID DC11429
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Lion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15452, 46.4235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Relative position 2.4 KM NW OF PRINCETON MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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 012W 29 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SLOPE OF PRINCETON GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quadrant Formation
    Rock description Quadrant Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15452, 46.4235
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip E3S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheeted Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $3000 AG, PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPING ALONG STRIKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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