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Northernlight Quartz Lode Claim

Prospect in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022658
MRDS ID FS00052
Record type Site
Current site name Northernlight Quartz Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11563, 46.391 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF MAXVILLE MONTANA, NEAR THE UPPER END OF BOULDER CREEK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(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 012W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT - 8 INCHES WIDE BY 2 INCHES DEEP AND A DISTANCE OF 30 INCHES, NEAR BANK OF THE #1 D. PIT

Analytical data

Result PETER MACK, ASSAYER AND CHEMIST, REPORT: AG - 1.8 OZS./TON
Result PB - 0.4%
Result ZN - 1.4%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11563, 46.391
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH - FORMS A LARGE MASS. ROUGHLY ELLIPTICAL IN GROUND PLAN COVERING AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 40 SQ. MILES. THE UPPER SURFACE IS DOMELIKE AND IN MANY PLACES THE CONTACT FOLLOWS THE BEDDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Roger F. Little And George Croonenberghs

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Exploration And Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black And White Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY CUT #1 - 4 FT. BY 6 FT. BY 8 FT. NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM. 1500 FT. OF OLD DITCH USED TO CARRY WATER TO THE MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE VALUES WOULD APPEAR TO BE LOW TO MODERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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