Norris

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008993
MRDS ID D001604
Record type Site
Current site name Norris
Included sites Maltby's Mound, Revenue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78419, 45.58323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maltbys Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S;003S;002S 002W;001W 09,10,03;17,19,31;30,31 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78419, 45.58323

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Upper Hot Springs

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Miltop Inc. (International Bigsky Resources)
    Interest 100
    Year 2008
    First year 1998
  • Type Unknown
    Owner ECU Gold Mining Inc.
    Interest 49
    Last year 1997
  • Type Unknown
    Owner William Resources
    Last year 1996

Production statistics

  • Year 1921
    Period 1890-1921
    Material Ore produced from Norris-Revenue.\nHeadwaters 2004, row 182.
    Ore mined 136000mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major AG Silver Silver 3110348.1g
    Major AU Gold Gold 2799313.29g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Total resources 21768000mt ore
    Remarks 19.1 mt contained Au. Norris-Maltby's Mound.\nHeadwaters, 2004, row 48.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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