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Anderson Prospect

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019787
MRDS ID DC11512
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18839, 46.61518 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI N BY ROAD FROM BLUE CLOUD PROSPECT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 005W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.6 MI BY ROAD PAST THE BLOOM RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description 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 > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18839, 46.61518
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue Cloud District

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED BEFORE 1900, A BRIEF BUT LARGE PRODUCTION OF GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6334, P. 5, 25, 26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDELY DISSEMINATED MINUTE PARTICALS OF SCHEELITE AND MOLYBDENITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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