The Echo Lode is a tungsten and copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.32222, -113.03667
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Echo Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Echo Lode
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Baldy Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. H. Judge And Others
Home Office: Polaris
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.005% WO3.
Materials
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DIMENSIONS OF TACTITE EXPOSED AT LOWER ADIT ARE 3X3X3.5 FEET.
Comment (Location): ON SECTION LINE ON CREST OF RIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST FORKS, DYCE CREEK
Comment (Development): ONE PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Workings): ONE LOWER ADIT; (CAVED, 1960) AND TWO UPPER ADITS
Comment (Commodity): NO TUNGSTEN MINERALS IDENTIFIED BY PATTEE (1960)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5552, P. 34
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R. I. 555
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
