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Bull Moose

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019862
MRDS ID DC11733
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Moose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77585, 45.53462 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maltbys Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(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 003S 001W 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE. BULL MOOSE IS JUST NORTH OF REVENUE GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77585, 45.53462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 20-30W
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mather And Mccloud

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, SCHAFER AND HART, 1933, GEOL. RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT, MBMG MEM 9, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, USBM INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-27-1963

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIRC. 6972.

Reporter information

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

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