1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019840
MRDS ID DC11683
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View and Lucky Strike Lode Claims
Alternate or previous names St. Lawrence and Monte Cristo.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97419, 45.29712 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF ALDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 003W 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BULL 67 LOCATES CLAIMS AT SEC 32; MEM 31 LOCATES CLAIMS AT SEC 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97419, 45.29712
ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Area Probably Underlain By Quartz Monzonite Tobacco Root Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Browns Gulch

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith
    Home office Virginia City
    First year 1968

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT AND 60 FT SHAFTS. 320 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAVERMAN, REYNER, 1950, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING DIRECTORIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL, MEM 31, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 67, P. 30

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DIST-DILLON QUAD., USGS BULL 574, P. 164.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-03-1961

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE MBMG MEM. 31

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL 67

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site