Highland View Claim

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Talc-Soapstone
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101990
MRDS ID DC10736
Record type Site
Current site name Highland View Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47449, 45.80823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW 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)

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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 007W 28 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM EXTENDS 600 FT DIAGONALLY FROM SW TO NE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation, Gouge, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Diorite;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47449, 45.80823

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Margin Of Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Igneous Intrusives

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 70 W
    Width 1.98M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/Contact Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 0.5 OZ AU PER TON IN SOME PITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer W. F. Stratton, Listine

Mining district

District name Highland (Fish Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. F. Stratton
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 55-FT VERTICAL SHAFT, 200-FT ADIT, PLUS SEVERAL PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS ALONG THE SW TO NE-TRENDING CONTACT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE FOLLOWS DIORITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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