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Mt Thompson

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Silica, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019383
MRDS ID DC09900
Record type Site
Current site name Mt Thompson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21949, 46.31518 (WGS84)
Elevation 2323
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.0 KM W OF COMET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 005W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN HIGH ORE AND CATARACT CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Silica Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Zone Of Bleached And Altered Granite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21949, 46.31518
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. K. Curtiss
    Home office Box 102, Basin, Mt. 59701
  • Type Owner
    Owner James A. Poore, Jr.
    Home office Silver Bow Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED ALSO IN 1963

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS (CAVED), DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 49, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 58, P. 22

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK

  • Production

    USGS-USBM-MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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