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Perfect Day Lode Claim

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Manganese
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022671
MRDS ID FS00078
Record type Site
Current site name Perfect Day Lode Claim
Related records 10148918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96753, 45.56657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 12.5 - 13 MILES SW FROM PONY MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potosi Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 003W 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALL LOCATIONS ESTIMATED FROM SECTION CORNERS; GOOD TO WITHIN ONE MILE OF EXACT LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM DISCOVERY ADIT AND DEVELOPMENT CUTS NO. 2, NO. 2-A, NO. 4.

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT { SAMPLE 677 FROM THE DISCOVERY ADIT - 1961: GOLD - 0.28 OZ. PER TON, SILVER - 0.30 OZ. PER TON, TUNGSTEN OXIDE - 0.14%, 2ND 1962: NO MO OR BEO {{ SAMPLE 678 FROM THE DISCOVERY ADIT - GOLD - TRACE, SILVER - 0.20 OZ. PER TON, TUNGSTEN OXIDE - 0.20%
Result {{ SAMPLE 679 FROM DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - 1961: SILVER - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - 0.10%, 1962: COPPER - TRACE, MOLYBDENUM - 0.03%
Result {{ SAMPLE 680 FROM DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - 1961: SILVER - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - TRACE, 1962: COPPER - TRACE, MOLYBDENUM - TRACE, 2ND 1962: NO BEO
Result {{ ASSAY REPORT FOR 1965 { SAMPLE PD-2008 FROM DIS. ADIT - GOLD: TRACE, COPPER: TRACE, SILVER: 0.20 OZ. PER TON
Result {{ SAMPLE PD-2009 FROM DIS. ADIT - GOLD: 0.02 OZ. PER TON, SILVER: 0.10 OZ. PER TON
Result {{ SAMPLE PD-2010 FROM DIS. ADIT - GOLD: TRACE, SILVER: 0.15 OZ. PER TON, LEAD: 9.0 LB. PER TON, MOLYBDENUM: TRACE
Result {{ SAMPLES 677 AND 678 WERE RECALULATED UNDER THE 1965 PRICES.
Result {{ SAMPLE 679 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - SILVER: TRACE, MOLYBDENUM: 0.60 LB. PER TON, COPPER: TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE: 0.154 STU 65% GRADE
Result {{ SAMPLE 680 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - SILVER: TRACE, COPPER: TRACE, MOLYBDENUM: TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE: 0.0165 STU 65% GRADE
Result {{ SAMPLE PD 2006 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - GOLD, SILVER, COPPER: TRACE SAMPLE PD 2007 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - GOLD AND COPPER: TRACE, SILVER: 0.10 OZ. PER TON
Result {{ SAMPLE 2017 FROM NORTH OF DEV. CUT NO. 2-1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pony Series, Metamorphics
    Rock description Pony Series, Metamorphics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.96753, 45.56657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • TOBACCO ROOT BATHOLITH: THIS BATHOLITH HAS INTRUDED THE PRE-BELTIAN, PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DURING LARAMIDE OROGENY, WHICH OCCURED IN THIS AREA DURING LATE CRETACEOUS OR EARLY EOCENE TIME. {{ SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS: PLEISTOCENE MORAINE AND RECENT STREAM ALLUVIUM WHICH COVER THE CANYON FLOOR. {{ METAMORPHIC ROCKS: MADE UP OF THOUSANDS OF FEET OF DARK-COLORED GNEISSES AND SCHISTS BELONGING TO THE PONY SERIES OF PRECAMBRIAN AGE. {{ IGNEOUS ROCKS: THE TYPICAL IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE QUARTZ-MONZONITE COMPOSED OF ABOUT 20% QUARTZ, 30% ORTHOCLASE, 40% PLAGIOCLASE, FLEDSPARS, LESS THAN 3% BIOTITE, AND 1% HORNBLENDE. ACCESSORY MINERALS ARE ABOUT 2% SPHENE, 1% APATITE, AND 2% MAGNETITE AND SULFIDES (PYRITE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Potosi

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Roy Grigg

Comments on the workings information

  • IMPROVEMENT ON CLAIM { DISCOVERY ADIT: THE PORTAL IS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE. A 2-3 FOOT WIDE VEIN STRUCTURE IS EXPOSED AT THE CAVED IN PORTAL. ABOUT A 60 W DIP. {{ DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - 175 FEET LONG BY 15 FEET WIDE BY 4-6 FEET DEEP. A SHALLOW TRENCH IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT ABOUT 20 FEET. {{ DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 3 - 15 FEET WIDE BY 4-5 FEET IN DEPTH, 78 FEET LONG. {{ IMPROVEMENT ON CLAIM 1965 { DISCOVERY ADIT: REPORTED LENGTH OF 45 FEET. {{ DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 2 - TRENCH LOCATED TO THE NORTH IS CLASSED NO. 2-A. {{ IMPROVEMENTS ON CLAIM 1968 { DEVELOPMENT CUT NO. 4 - THE CUT IS ACTUALLY NOW PART OF THE ROADBED PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE CLAIMS AND CUTS ACROSS A SPUR RIDGE EXPOSING THE BEDROCK AT SEVERAL PLACES ALONG THE WEST BANK OF THE ROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-75 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-SEP-75 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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