Urbane Prospect

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010904
MRDS ID D004986
Record type Site
Current site name Urbane Prospect
Alternate or previous names Adits No. 2 and No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19948, 45.56573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SECTION 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation, Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss;Flathead Quartzite
    Rock description Pony Gneiss;Flathead Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19948, 45.56573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Center Fault, Trending N20e, 45 W.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 45 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 100 FT AND 75 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 37-38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO. 2 ADIT, NORTHWEST OF NO. 3, IS 20 FEET STRATIGRAPHICALLY BELOW THE FLATHEAD-PONY GNEISS CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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