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Little Bear Gulch Properties

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019916
MRDS ID DC11925
Record type Site
Current site name Little Bear Gulch Properties
Alternate or previous names Grouse, Little Bear, Copper King, Giant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16337, 45.59351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 9 MILES NE OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 003S 005W 12,13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS FOR GIANT MINE, IN NORTH 1/2 OF SECTION 12. OTHER MINES OCCUR ALONG LITTLE BEAR GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Syenite Porphyry
    Rock description Syenite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher;Pony Gneiss
    Rock description Meagher;Pony Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16337, 45.59351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS-LIKE, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Bed Underlying Porphyry Sill

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION LENS-LIKE, IRREGULAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-13-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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