Mickey Lode Claim

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese, Bismuth
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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10100695
MRDS ID FS00087
Record type Site
Current site name Mickey Lode Claim
Alternate or previous names Garrett Mine
Related records 10173014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21619, 46.23822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 22,27 SE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON N FORK OF FLINT CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT (TESTED FOR MN) - 12 INCHES WIDE, 2 INCHES DEEP, AND A DISTANCE OF 36 INCHES, ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE PORTAL OF THE NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT. { SAMPLE CUT (TESTED FOR AU AND AG) - 6 INCHES WIDE AND DISTANCE OF 42 INCHES, WAIST HIGH AT THE FACE OF A SMALL CROSSCUT IN THE NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT - AU - 0.040 OZS./TON
Result AG - 0.65 OZS./TON
Result MN - 1.92%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Long Broad Canyon Of Upper Flint Creek In Which These Claims Lie.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 65-85 S
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA HAS BEEN GLACIATED MANY TIMES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Eugene Garrett

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eugene Garrett
    Home office Box 905, Anaconda, Mt. 59711

Comments on the production information

  • MINOR PRODUCTION NOTED IN 1960, 1962, 1963

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT OF MINE TRACK AND ONE SMALL ORE CAR. NO. 1 DISCOVERY ADIT - 5 FT BY 7 FT BY 187 FT LONG - ARE BOTH LOCATED ON THE CLAIM WATER-TURBINE-POWERED MILL, 15TON/DAY CAPACITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 41, 42, 44.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 14, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 5

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL USFS

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WALLROCK IS A DARK GREY DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE
Deposit MINERALIZATION CONSISTS OF HEMATITE, LIMONITE, CALCITE, AND PYROLUSITE. THE WALLROCK IS A DARK GRAY DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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