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Skyline Prospect

Past Producer in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019007
MRDS ID DC08172
Record type Site
Current site name Skyline Prospect
Alternate or previous names Skiline Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.17719, 45.23742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2880
Relative position 3.5 MILES NE OF MONUMENT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 012E 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION APPROXIMATE FOR LOCATION THREE MILES UP EAST FORK BOULDER RIVER ON NORTH SLOPE OF EAST FORK CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Anglesite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE CUT FROM FULL VEIN CONTAINED PB-10%
Result AG-6.8 OZ/T
Result AU-.02 OZ/T.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.17719, 45.23742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N63W
    Dip 3-5SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Independence (Boulder River) Region

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Murray
    Home office W. Yellowstone, Mt.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO., MONT., USBM INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABASAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT., USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1961

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 7546

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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