Mountain Flower Mine

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019843
MRDS ID DC11692
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Flower Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.99947, 45.25962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S;007S 003W;003W 22,23;05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF WILLIAMS CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.99947, 45.25962

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tobacco Root Batholith Underlying Area

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner R. Rogers
    Home office Alder
    First year 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, ACKERMAN, 1959, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL BULL 10, P 42

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 82, 1971, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, HART, 1933, GEOL. RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON, CO, MONT., MONT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. MEM. 9.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-10-1961

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MBMG BULL 10

  • Deposit

    1971 MBMG BULL 82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references