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Sun Lode

Prospect in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Fullers Earth
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10096926
MRDS ID FS00307
Record type Site
Current site name Sun Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.44755, 45.85907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1999
Relative position 1/2 MILE NW OF PIPESTONE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pipestone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 007W 03,11,10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ONE OF A GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fullers Earth Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS CLAIM SEEMS TO BE IN THE MARKET OF FULLER'S EARTH - CLAY MATTER USED IN OIL REFINERY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith, Qtz Monzonite
    Rock description Boulder Batholith, Qtz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.44755, 45.85907
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike Of Possible Fuller'S Earth

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer R. T. Ogle

Mining district

District name Pipestone Pass Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. T. Ogle

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TUNNEL EXPOSES A DIKE OF APPEARS TO BE A LOW GRADE OF FULLERS EARTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1934 DIREXPL DEPT OF INTERIOR

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

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

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

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