Roger's Pass' Claim

Prospect in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096938
MRDS ID FS00391
Record type Site
Current site name Roger's Pass' Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.37951, 47.05962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1 3/4 MI SE OF ROGERS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cadotte Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 006W 17 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE ROCK TAKEN FROM THE SEAM IS HIGH GRADE LEAD ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result CLAIMANT TESTIFIES '$40 ROCK' FROM THE CLAIM

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.37951, 47.05962

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.18M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackfoot

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eva Harrison, Clyde Milliron

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL CUTS THROUGH A GOOD ORE STREAK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1940 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTHING IS MENTIONED IN AVAILABLE REPORTS ABOUT GEOLOGY. THIS REPORTER SUSPECTS IT IS QTZ MONZONITE OF THE BOULDER BATHOLITH, CRETACEOUS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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