Main Street Prospect

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019922
MRDS ID DC11934
Record type Site
Current site name Main Street Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18976, 45.53851 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 7.5 MILES EAST 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)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 35,26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH 1/2, NW 1/4, SECTION 35.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result BULLETIN 24 REPORTS ONE SAMPLE ASSAY

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18976, 45.53851

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith, West Margin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ella Fault Trends N5w, 25w

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENS
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 30 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO MINERALIZATION FOUND IN ADIT. POSSIBLY WAS SMALL DISCONTINUOUS ORE LENSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHORT ADIT AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 34-36.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONFORMS TO LIMESTONE BEDDING.

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

Beyond USGS

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