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Matchless Lode

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022807
MRDS ID FS00288
Record type Site
Current site name Matchless Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.67339, 46.21407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position DRY COTTENWOOD CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 008W 01 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - TRACE AG - .2 OZ/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.67339, 46.21407
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer John And Adolph Hogel

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John And Adolph Hogel

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT - 40 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1937 DIREXPL USF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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