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Muskegon Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012372
MRDS ID D007973
Record type Site
Current site name Muskegon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04588, 46.48323 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 10.8 KM NNW OF JEFFERSON CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 004W 01 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S SIDE OF LUMP GULCH ABOUT 1 MI W OF LITTLE NELL SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    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) -112.04588, 46.48323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 72 E
    Dip 75 S
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS VEIN PROBABLY EXTENDS TO AND BEYOND FREE COINAGE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONTAINS UP TO 6 IN OF CRYSTALLINE MILKY QUARTZ AND CHALCEDONY IN AN IRON-STAINED ZONE AS MUCH AS 6 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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