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Bourard Lode

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091795
MRDS ID FS00321
Record type Site
Current site name Bourard Lode
Related records 10294690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06897, 46.52989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2 MILES NNE OF GOLDBERG RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunkleberg Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 012W 14 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT: AU - TRACE, AG .1 OZ/TON PB - 16%, ZN - 7%

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06897, 46.52989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 20 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The "Vein" Is Actually A Fractured Condusive To Some Mineral Growth

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CLAIM IS IN THE SHALE, IGNEOUS INTRUSION IS MOST LIKELY THE MINERAL CONTROLLING FACTOR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Discoverer Paul Ozanne

Mining district

District name Dunkleberg District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Ozanne

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT IS PARTLY CAVED, INTO SHALE ROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1947 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1950 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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