Van Dorstan Claims

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019882
MRDS ID DC11791
Record type Site
Current site name Van Dorstan Claims
Alternate or previous names Buckhorn, Mohawk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54532, 45.76934 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Relative position 1.25 MILES ESE OF MOOSE TOWN.

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 001S 008W 12 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.005 OZ. AU/TON, 34.4 OZ. AG/TON, 1.09 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Pilgrim
    Rock description Pilgrim
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54532, 45.76934

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Trends N70w, 65e

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 25, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-10-1963

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUMP ASSAY: 34.4 OZ AG, .01 OZ AU/TON, 1.1% CU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Beyond USGS

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