Windy Ridge Prospects

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019447
MRDS ID DC10495
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Ridge Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32672, 46.77157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.5 KM NW OF MARYSVILLE ON RIDGE SEPARATING DRINKWATER GULCH AND W FORK OF DEER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Creek(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

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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 006W 22,23,26,27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECTS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Marysville Stock
    Rock description Marysville Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Empire Formation
    Rock description Empire Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32672, 46.77157

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Beds Numerous Upper Part Of Windy Ridge.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. P. Cotter
    Home office Townsend, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ADITS FOR AU PROSPECTING. SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES IN TACTITE FOR W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 6334, P. 5, 21, 23.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED
Deposit Discovery Year: 1942 (W)
Deposit TOO LOW GRADE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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.