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Red Fox Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019134
MRDS ID DC08749
Record type Site
Current site name Red Fox Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.2508, 45.44992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2362
Relative position 9 MILES NW OF MT. DOUGLAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Boulder Plateau(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 012E 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POSITION APROXIMATE FOR LOCATION, THREE MILES FROM BOULDER RIVER UP GREAT FALLS CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 3 FOOT CUT VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED: AU-.69 OZ/T
Result AG-TRACE
Result FE-12%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.2508, 45.44992
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 50-80N
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Production years AROUND 1900

Mining district

District name Independence (Boulder River) Regin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Blakely
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT CUTS, TRENCHES AND SHORT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO., MONT., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ET AL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE: 3 FT WIDE BY 500 FT LONG.

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

Beyond USGS

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

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