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Golden Slipper Lode

Prospect in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022857
MRDS ID FS00357
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Slipper Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.74531, 46.72268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF CANYON FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Ferry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 001W 08,09 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - .22 OZ/TON AG 4.7 OZ/TON, CU .9%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson, Shales;Spokane Shales
    Rock description Greyson, Shales;Spokane Shales
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.74531, 46.72268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name York

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. And Mrs. E. L. Townswick

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3.66M
    Overall length 5.49M

Comments on the workings information

  • BOTH TUNNEL AND TRENCH EXPOSE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL USFS

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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