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Mammoth Claim

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019363
MRDS ID DC09682
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3695, 46.73823 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ON RIDGE S OF TOWSLEY GULCH, W OF NILE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 006W 04,05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3.0 KM NW OF BALD BUTTE MT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE OF $10-50/TON IN AU OR PB, ZN AND AG (1900)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Empire Shale
    Rock description Empire Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3695, 46.73823
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Marysville Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50-60 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY EXTENSION OF NILE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1906, 1910, 1911

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, SHORT INCLINES, AN ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK CEMENTED WITH IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) 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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