Curly Bill Prospects 1 and 2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014510
MRDS ID D011316
Record type Site
Current site name Curly Bill Prospects 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0792, 45.58434 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048

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 10 CENTER OF S2 OF S2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON PEAK NE OF TWIN LAKES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES HAD UP TO 0.45 OZ PER ST. 10,000 ST INFERRED AU RESOURCES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0792, 45.58434

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 176.78M
    Width 0.24M

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 Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CAVED ADITS LESS THAN 50-FT LONG

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS ABUNDANT LIMONITE, SPORATIC PYRITE
Deposit NARROWNESS OF VEIN MAKES PROPERTY SUBECONOMIC. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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