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Moose Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014480
MRDS ID D011276
Record type Site
Current site name Moose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52589, 46.03046 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.0 KM NW OF MEADERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 07 NW OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

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) -112.52589, 46.03046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75-80 W
    Dip 75-80S
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED AG ORE DURING THE LATE 1890'S-TO EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS ARE FOUND IN THE MINE: THE VALDEMERE; 150 FS OF THE VALDEMERE IS THE MAGNOLIA VEIN, IT SPLITS W THE 2 BRANCHES DIP S AND UNITE BELOW THE 300 FT LEVEL; AND THE 3RD VEIN IS THE BELLE OF BUTTE VEIN, IT IS OUT 300 FT S OF THE SHAFT. THEY ARE WELL BANDED. THEY ARE DISTURBED BY SECONDARY CROSS FAULTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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