The Saturday Lode Claim is a silver, gold, copper, manganese, tungsten, lead, and molybdenum mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,901 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: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Tungsten, Lead, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 45.56667, -111.96667
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Saturday Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Saturday Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Potosi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Roy Grigg
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tobacco Root Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY REPORT FOR 1968 { SAMPLE Z-SAT-1 FROM THE DUMP ORE PILE - 1961: SILVER - 1.0 OZ PER TON, GOLD - TRACE, COPPER - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - 0.162 STU {{ SAMPLE Z-SAT-2 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 2 - 1961: SILVER - 12.2 OZ. PER TON, GOLD AND MOLYBDENUM - TRACE, LEAD - 10 LBS. PER TON, WO3 - 0.54 STU, COPPER - 3.2 LBS. PER TON, MANGANESE - 0.113 STU 48% GRADE {{ SAMPLE 665 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 3 - 1961: GOLD - TRACE, SILVER - 0.03 OZ. PER TON, MANGANESE - 0.266 LTU, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - 0.06 STU {{ SAMPLE 5031 FROM DEV. CUT (W) NO. 4 - 1968: GOLD AND LEAD - TRACE {{ SAMPLE 5032 FROM DEV. CUT (E) NO. 4 - 1968: GOLD AND SILVER - TRACE, LEAD - TRACE {{ SAMPLE 5030 FROM DEV. CUT NO. 5 - 1968: GOLD AND LEAD - TRACE, TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE - TRACE, SILVER - 0.20 OZ. PER TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALL LOCATIONS ESTIMATED FROM SECTION CORNERS; GOOD TO WITHIN ONE MILE OF EXACT LOCATION.
Comment (Workings): ON CLAIM - DIS CUT NO. 1; DEV. CUT NO. 2 - 6 FT W BY 20 FT LONG, PARTICALLY FILLED; DEV. CUT NO 3 - 4 FT W BY 8 FT L BY 5 FT D; DEV. CUT NO 5.; DEV. CUT NO 4 - 2 PARRALLEL CUTS 4 - 6 FT APART WEST CUT - 14 FT L BY 4 FT W BY 9 FT D, EAST CUT - 12 FT L BY 4 FT W BY 11 FT DEEP.
Comment (Geology): TOBACCO ROOT BATHOLITH: THIS BATHOLITH HAS INTRUDED THE PRE-BELTIAN, PRECAMBRIAN METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DURING LARAMIDE OROGENY, WHICH OCCURED IN THIS AREA DURING LATE CRETACEOUS OR EARLY EOCENE TIME. {{ SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS: PLEISTOCENE MORAINE AND RECENT STREAM ALLUVIUM WHICH COVER THE CANYON FLOOR. {{ METAMORPHIC ROCKS: MADE UP OF THOUSANDS OF FEET OF DARK-COLORED GNEISSES AND SCHISTS BELONGING TO THE PONY SERIES OF PRECAMBRIAN AGE. {{ IGNEOUS ROCKS: THE TYPICAL IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE QUARTZ - MONZONITE COMPOSED OF ABOUT 20% QUARTZ, 30% ORTHOCLASE, 40% PLAGIOCLASE, FLEDSPARS, LESS THAN 3% BIOTITE, AND 1% HORNBLENDE. ACCESSORY MINERALS ARE ABOUT 2% SPHENE, 1% APATITE, AND 2% MAGNETITE AND SULFIDES (PYRITE).
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM DEVELOPMENT CUT NOS - 2, 3, 4(W), 4(E), 5, AND DUMP ORE PILE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1961 DIREXPL USFS - CAN'T FIND REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1968 DIREXPL USFS
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.
