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Tommy Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094781
MRDS ID DC08510
Record type Site
Current site name Tommy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23424, 46.14017 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.4 KM S OF SILVER LAKE.

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)

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF SILVER HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23424, 46.14017
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 54 E QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN
    Dip 30 NW QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. S. Mckay
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, BULLDOZER CUT WEST OF THE PIT, AN AREA 60 BY 80 FT STRIPED OF OVERBURDEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5612, P. 2, 27, 28, 35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING SILVER MINERALIZATION, AND A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN CONTAINING SCATTER SCHEELITE CRYSTALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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