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Saturday Lode Claim

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096915
MRDS ID FS00075
Record type Site
Current site name Saturday Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96753, 45.56657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 12.5 - 13 MILES SW FROM PONY, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potosi Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 003W 09,16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALL LOCATIONS ESTIMATED FROM SECTION CORNERS; GOOD TO WITHIN ONE MILE OF EXACT LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM DEVELOPMENT CUT NOS - 2, 3, 4(W), 4(E), 5, AND DUMP ORE PILE

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT FOR 1968 { SAMPLE Z-SAT-1 FROM THE DUMP ORE PILE - 1961: SILVER - 1.0 OZ PER TON, GOLD - TRACE, COPPER - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - 0.162 STU {{ SAMPLE Z-SAT-2 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - 1961: SILVER - 12.2 OZ. PER TON, GOLD AND MOLYBDENUM - TRACE, LEAD - 10 LBS. PER TON, WO3 - 0.54 STU, COPPER - 3.2 LBS. PER TON, MANGANESE - 0.113 STU 48% GRADE {{ SAMPLE 665 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 3 - 1961: GOLD - TRACE, SILVER - 0.03 OZ. PER TON, MANGANESE - 0.266 LTU, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - 0.06 STU {{ SAMPLE 5031 FROM DEV. CUT (W) NO. 4 - 1968: GOLD AND LEAD - TRACE {{ SAMPLE 5032 FROM DEV. CUT (E) NO. 4 - 1968: GOLD AND SILVER - TRACE, LEAD - TRACE {{ SAMPLE 5030 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 5 - 1968: GOLD AND LEAD - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - TRACE, SILVER - 0.20 OZ. PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pony Series, Metamorphics
    Rock description Pony Series, Metamorphics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.96753, 45.56657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • TOBACCO ROOT BATHOLITH: THIS BATHOLITH HAS INTRUDED THE PRE-BELTIAN, PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DURING LARAMIDE OROGENY, WHICH OCCURED IN THIS AREA DURING LATE CRETACEOUS OR EARLY EOCENE TIME. {{ SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS: PLEISTOCENE MORAINE AND RECENT STREAM ALLUVIUM WHICH COVER THE CANYON FLOOR. {{ METAMORPHIC ROCKS: MADE UP OF THOUSANDS OF FEET OF DARK-COLORED GNEISSES AND SCHISTS BELONGING TO THE PONY SERIES OF PRECAMBRIAN AGE. {{ IGNEOUS ROCKS: THE TYPICAL IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE QUARTZ - MONZONITE COMPOSED OF ABOUT 20% QUARTZ, 30% ORTHOCLASE, 40% PLAGIOCLASE, FLEDSPARS, LESS THAN 3% BIOTITE, AND 1% HORNBLENDE. ACCESSORY MINERALS ARE ABOUT 2% SPHENE, 1% APATITE, AND 2% MAGNETITE AND SULFIDES (PYRITE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Potosi

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Roy Grigg

Comments on the workings information

  • ON CLAIM - DIS CUT NO. 1; DEV. CUT NO. 2 - 6 FT W BY 20 FT LONG, PARTICALLY FILLED; DEV. CUT NO 3 - 4 FT W BY 8 FT L BY 5 FT D; DEV. CUT NO 5.; DEV. CUT NO 4 - 2 PARRALLEL CUTS 4 - 6 FT APART WEST CUT - 14 FT L BY 4 FT W BY 9 FT D, EAST CUT - 12 FT L BY 4 FT W BY 11 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL USFS - CAN'T FIND REPORT

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-75 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-SEP-75 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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