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Else Claim

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094335
MRDS ID D004721
Record type Site
Current site name Else Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.057, 45.31433 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 5 AIR MILES SE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 15 CENTER OF W2 OF E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.057, 45.31433
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 04 E
    Dip 63 E
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Beck And Others
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    ZIMBLEMAN, D. R., 1982, WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 72

  • Deposit

    1972 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER-STAINED FRACTURE ZONE IN DIORITE.
Deposit SPECTROGRAPHIC STUDY (ZIMBLEMAN, 1982) SHOWED ESPECIALLY HIGH AU VALUES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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