Star Group

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013630
MRDS ID D010032
Record type Site
Current site name Star Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83283, 45.82768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MI N20E OF DEWEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 010W ZZ Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI W OF MT FLEECER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mt. Fleecer Stock
    Rock description Mt. Fleecer Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison;Amsden
    Rock description Madison;Amsden

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83283, 45.82768

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Divide Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • 4 PAT CLAIMS: STAR(7552), GRAFTON(7551), INVESTMENT(7554), AND COPPER HILL(7553). ONE OF THESE MAY BE BONANZA (WINCHELL, 1914, P. 166).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, G.T, 1956 PHH INDIANA UNIV.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 166

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 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.