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Hamilton Prospects

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019947
MRDS ID DC12022
Record type Site
Current site name Hamilton Prospects
Alternate or previous names Hamilton No. 1 and No. 2.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15837, 45.60268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
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 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH 1/2, SE 1/4, SECTION 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Syenite Porphyry Sill
    Rock description Syenite Porphyry Sill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss;Meagher Limestone
    Rock description Pony Gneiss;Meagher Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15837, 45.60268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description B And H Fault Trends N50w.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Occur In Each Adit. A Small Fault In No. 1 Strikes N50w.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MN, FE OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Hamilton
    Home office Twin Bridges

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 27.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON MBMG BULLETIN 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT NO. 2 OCCURS IN SYENITE, NO. 1 IS IN PONY GNEISS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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