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Norwegian Mine

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010541
MRDS ID D004305
Record type Site
Current site name Norwegian Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.79753, 45.60101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISON

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)

Jefferson(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 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF CANADIAN CREEK, 1 MILE FROM ITS CONFLUENCE WITH NORWEGIAN PLACER GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Chrysocolla Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S75E
    Dip 20 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins In Tobacco Root Batholith Near Its Contact With Precambrian Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norwegian District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD, MONT, AND ADJACENT AREAS, USGS BULL 574, P. 113

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 57

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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