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Emperor

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010522
MRDS ID D004277
Record type Site
Current site name Emperor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77642, 45.53462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF NORRIS

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 001W 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF HOT SPRINGS CREEK INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY JUST NW OF REVENUE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77642, 45.53462
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Batholith Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rutherford And Fuchs
    Home office Casper, Wy.
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • 7 CARS OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED FROM DEVELOPMENT WORK (LORAIN, P.44.)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS SHIPPED DURING DEVELOPMENT WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO., MONT, USBM INF. CIRC. 6972. P. 43

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 697

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY WAS BEING DEVELOPED IN 1937.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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