Stump Lode

Prospect in Park county in Montana, United States with commodity Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10022851
MRDS ID FS00349
Record type Site
Current site name Stump Lode
Related records 10197353

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.94996, 45.05242 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position 1/4 W OF HENDERSON MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 014E 26 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THERE WERE NO REPORTS ON THE AMOUNT OF ORE FOUND BUT IT IS BELIEVED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.94996, 45.05242

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • REPLACEMENT HAS OCCURRED IN THE DISSOLVED CAVITIES OF THE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Yellowstone Mining Co.

Mining district

District name New World Mining

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellowstone Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS WERE NOT COMPLETELY EXPLAINED ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO QUESTION ON THE ADVANCED STATE OF THE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1921 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTHOUGH RICH AND PROMISING. THIS MINE LIKE MANY OTHERS WAS CLOSED DURING EXAMINATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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