Weatherwax and King Claims

Past Producer in Judith Basin county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, 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 10221478
MAS/MILS ID 0300450014
Record type Site
Current site name Weatherwax and King Claims
Alternate or previous names Lenny

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.61694, 46.84431 (WGS84)
Elevation 2304

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Judith Basin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sand Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Judith(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(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 Judith Basin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013 N 009 E 31 SESENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.61694, 46.84431

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 790720

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1879

Mining district

District name Yogo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Danial Lenny
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUDITH BASIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    IRON DEPOSITS IN MONT VC DEMUNCK IC-13 MBMG 1956

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERALS,JUDITH BASIN CO.ROBERTSON & ROBY USBM IC-76

  • Deposit

    GEO OF LITTLE BELT MTNS,MONT"WEEDPUB 20TH ANNUAL REPT 1898-1

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34-27 USBM EXAM REPT 1957 B-262

  • Deposit

    MONTANA WESTERN HISTORY V.25,NO 21975 MONT HISTORICAL SOCIET

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.