Reliance Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094780
MRDS ID DC08497
Record type Site
Current site name Reliance Claim
Alternate or previous names Reliance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24535, 46.19989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position SE SLOPE OF RIDGE NW OF GEORGETOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 013W 08 NE OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Replaced By Quartz

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cable Stock
    Rock description Cable Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24535, 46.19989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description West Of Granite Contact Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N06W
    Dip STEEPLY W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gouge Along Fissure, Free Gold Along Brecciated Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 55.47M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG 1C 13, PL. 4.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 236.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS RUDELY PARALLEL TO GRANITE CONTACT WHICH LIES TO THE WEST. THE HANGING WALL IS LIGHT-GRAY LST AND THE FOOTWALL IS MORE COMPACT AND DARKER. LOCALLY QUARTZ REPLACES LST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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