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Elkhorn-Buckhorn Claims

Occurrence in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019522
MRDS ID DC10744
Record type Site
Current site name Elkhorn-Buckhorn Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60172, 45.82379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 2 AIR MILES NNE OF MT. HUMBUG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Humbug(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 008W 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH AND EAST, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CENTER OF SECT.21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite
    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) -112.60172, 45.82379
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD AND SILVER CONTENT IS LOW ; GEOL.DESC: IN BOULDER BATHOLITH, LOW GRADE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. L. Clinton
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ON ELKHORN, SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS ON BUCKHORN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS-HIGHLAND MTNS, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL, MEMOIR 32, P.5

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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