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Little Joe

Prospect in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096921
MRDS ID FS00270
Record type Site
Current site name Little Joe
Related records 10293640

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7042, 46.37601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position FIFTEEN MILES W, NW OF TOWNSEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 001W 10,11,12 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Granite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7042, 46.37601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beaver Creek (Winston)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dance, Al

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLDER LIMESTONE IS FOLDED AND OVERLAIN BY ANDESITIC PORPHORY. SEDIMENTARY AND VOLCANIC ROCK SHOW SIGNS OF HIGH GRADE METAMORPHISM FROM IGNEOUS INTRUSIVES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

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