| Deposit ID | 10094780 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC08497 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Reliance Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Reliance Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.24535, 46.19989 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2024 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | SE SLOPE OF RIDGE NW OF GEORGETOWN. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Deer Lodge |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005N | 013W | 08 | NE OF SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Cable Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Cable Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Jefferson Limestone |
| Rock description | Jefferson Limestone |
| (1) | -113.24535, 46.19989 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Philipsburg Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | West Of Granite Contact Cable Stock |
| Strike | N06W |
|---|---|
| Dip | STEEPLY W |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Georgetown (Southern Cross, Cable) District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 55.47M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC08497 |
MBMG 1C 13, PL. 4.
USGS PP 78, P. 236.
| 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. |
| 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 |
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