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Moonlight

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019079
MRDS ID DC08505
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.17063, 46.17517 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.25 MI N OF UPPER SPRING HILL CAMP GROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF SPRING HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.17063, 46.17517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shattered Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. G. And C. B. Nicely
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 5612, P. 2, 43, 45, 49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHATTERED ZONE IS 25 FT IN LENGTH AND AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 2 FT. IT STRIKES N 35 W AND DIPS VERTICALLY. SHEELITE IS PRESENT AS SPARSELY DISSEMINATE CRYSTALS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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