Etta Claim

Prospect in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124856
MAS/MILS ID 0300590068
Record type Site
Current site name Etta Claim
Alternate or previous names Cumberland Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.68413, 46.45661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 008 E 14 NWSENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.68413, 46.45661

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N38W:
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Castle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Young
    Interest 50
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. S. Kelly
    Interest 50
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEAGHER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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