Echo Lode

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

Name: Echo Lode  

State:  Montana

County:  Beaverhead

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

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.