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Suprise Claims Group

Occurrence 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. 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019908
MRDS ID DC11904
Record type Site
Current site name Suprise Claims Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.99892, 45.4299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 9 MILES NNW 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

Ramshorn Mountain(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)

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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S 003W 05,06,07,08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.99892, 45.4299
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Area Probably Underlain By Tobacco Root Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name California (Harris) Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 72, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORING ; 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 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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