| Deposit ID | 10019813 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC11605 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Bow Deposits |
| Alternate or previous names | Bull Moose, Merrimac, Wrong Font, Eva, Superior, Delia, Little Jack, |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.65228, 46.00546 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 6 MILES W OF BUTTE ALONG SILVER BOW CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ramsay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003N;003N | 009N;008W | 13;18 | E2 OF SE (13); SW OF SW (18) | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE SAMPLE 83.34% CAF2 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite(Boulder Batholith);Boulder Batholith | ||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite(Boulder Batholith);Boulder Batholith | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.65228, 46.00546 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| General form | BANDS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bull Moose -John Clark And Helehan Family; Merrimac-Silver Bow Copper Co; Wrong Font-John Helehan |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC11605 |
USGS BULL 955-E, P. 214-217.
KNECHTEL 1946, WRITTEN COMM.
MBMG BULL 28, P. 6, 19-22
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: WRONG FONT - 1944 |
| Deposit | PRINCIPAL EXPOSURE ON BULL MOOSE, AND MERRIMAC, BULL MOOSE ZONE 650 FT LONG |
| Deposit | BEST EXPOSURES NOW UNDER HIGHWAY, POSSIBLE ENOUGH GOLD AND SILVER PRESENT TO RECOVER FLOURITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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