Doodle Bug

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011929
MRDS ID D007123
Record type Site
Current site name Doodle Bug

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16672, 44.89796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 2 MI W OF DAVIS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Eagles Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011S 013W 10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED IN FRENCH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16672, 44.89796

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Mining district

District name Chinatown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Scully And Holm
    Home office Dillon, Mt
    First year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 3.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.