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Black Prince

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010532
MRDS ID D004293
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7853, 45.53934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
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 002W 25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 0.75 MILE NW OF REVENUE GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7853, 45.53934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 20-30 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tobacco Root Batholith

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 Reeland Mccloud
    Home office Norris
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST 6.5 TONS OF GOLD ORE WAS SHIPPED BEFORE 1935 (LORAIN, P. 43)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 697

Reporter information

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

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