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Smith Prospect

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102001
MRDS ID DC10947
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10174, 46.19239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position PROPERTY GOES ACROSS OLSON GULCH AND RIDGE BETWEEN OLSEN AND BUCK GULCHES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 09,16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE ON MAIN DIGGINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10174, 46.19239
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N Hasmark Faulted Contact With Madison Lst., Granodiorite Intrusion 0.5 Mile S Of Claims

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cliff Smith
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 30 ST OF HANDPICKED ORE CONTAINING 0.4% W03 WAS TREATED IN A MILL NEAR HALL, MONT.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 BULLDOZER CUTS, 20FT ADIT, SEVERAL PITS, CAVED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 43, 45, 52

  • Production

    USBM REP INVES 5612.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD SHAFT SUNK FOR SILVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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