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Old Cabin Prospect

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014504
MRDS ID D011307
Record type Site
Current site name Old Cabin Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08976, 45.60212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1500 FT E OF SAILOR LAKE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES HAD UP TO 0.03 OZ AU AND 2.2 OZ AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gneiss and amphibolite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 38 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Width 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name So. Boulder District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED 100-FT INCLINE, 1 20-FT ADIT, PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 TO 2 IN QUARTZ VEIN CONCORDANT WITH GNEISS.
Deposit MODERATE MIN RESOURCE POTENTIAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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