Honeycomb

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012449
MRDS ID D008088
Record type Site
Current site name Honeycomb
Alternate or previous names Hudson Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10728, 46.99212 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position PART OF HUDSON GROUP 3 MI SW OF WOLF CREEK SETTLEMENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 004W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF LITTLE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5-20% CU, 4-20 OZ/TON AG, 0.01 OZ TO $.60/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10728, 46.99212

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, PIPES
    Strike N60E
    Dip 45-60W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. C. Hudson

Comments on the production information

  • 16 TONS AT 10% CU, 5 OZ/TON AG, 0.01 OZ/TON AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 103.63M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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