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Clara Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. 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 10102052
MRDS ID DC11854
Record type Site
Current site name Clara Mine
Alternate or previous names Monty Clinton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37813, 45.5785 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 4 AIR MILES SE OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 014W 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF NW 1/4, SECTION 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN CONTENT REPORTEDLY 1-3 OZ AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lcret-Tert Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Lcret-Tert Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.37813, 45.5785
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioneer Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip EAST - WEST
    Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wisdom Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fischer, Al
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 28.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • A NE-TRENDING ADIT (CAVED AT PORTAL) MAY BE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG. A 95 FT VERTICAL SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1960 AND A 60-FT CROSSCUT WAS DRIVEN NW.

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 143.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-22-1963

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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