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Susan No. 2 Lode

Prospect in Beaverhead 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10022686
MRDS ID FS00100
Record type Site
Current site name Susan No. 2 Lode
Related records 10293829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.50952, 45.34239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position THE CLAIM CAN BE REACHED BY 13 MILES OF ROAD W TO ARGENTA FROM DILLON, MT., THEN 4 MILES N TO FRENCH CREEK, THEN 3 1/2 MILES TO TROUT CREEK, AND 1/4 MILE UP TROUT CREEK TO THE CLAIM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lower Miner Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 016W 01 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES - NO. 1 - FROM NO. 8; NO. 2 SAMPLE FROM CUT NO 10.

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: GOLD - TRACE IN BOTH SAMPLES SILVER TRACE IN NO. 2 SAMPLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.50952, 45.34239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOUTH END OF CLAIM - LIMESTONE HAS A STRIKE OF N. 50 DEG W AND A DIP OF 35 DEG SW; QUESTIONABLE FAULT IN AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Glenn A. And Rose Shafer

Mining district

District name Argenta

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tess And Aileen Warrick; Rose Shafer

Comments on the workings information

  • IMPROVEMENTS { DOZER CUT - POINT 6 ON MAP - IS A NETWORK OF CUTS RATHER THAN 1 CUT. MAJOR CUT AT THIS POINT BEARS N. 50 W AND IS 45 FEET LONG. NORTH SIDE AND LONGITUDINAL CENTER IS A 4 BY 4 FT HAND DUG PIT. {{ NO. 8 CUT - 100 FEET LONG BY 12 FEET WIDE AND BEARS S. 80 E. 27 FEET FROM THE NW END IS A TRENCH 6 FEET LONG BY 3 FEET DEEP BY 2 FEET WIDE. {{ NO. 9 DOZER CUT - BEARS S. 15 W AND IS 75 FEET DEEP. {{ NO. 10 CUT - IS THE DISCOVERY. IT BEARS S. 15 W {{ POINT NO. 11 DOZER CUT - 120 FEET LONG BY 8 FEET DEEP. {{ CABIN - 12 1/2 FEET BY 18 1/2 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1965 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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