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Clipper Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070461
MRDS ID W013404
Record type Site
Current site name Clipper Mine
Related records 10270347

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95808, 45.66268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position THREE MILES WEST OF PONY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 003W 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT HEADWATERS OF PONY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization And Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Formation, Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Formation, Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95808, 45.66268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Located Between Mammoth And Pony Faults Both Of Which Trend Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 40 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone - Transverse Fractures Cause En Echelon Gaps Which Are Favorable To Mineralization

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pony District

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED ABOUT $1,500,000 AT $10 A TON IN GOLD AND SILVER (LORAIN, P. 34)

Comments on the workings information

  • CLIPPER MINE IS CONNECTED TO THE BOSS TWEED MINE UNDERGROUND. CLIPPER MINE DEVELOPED 1200 FT ALONG THE STRIKE AND ABOUT 600 FT ON THE DIP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC 6972.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 36.

  • Deposit

    VITALIAND, ET AL, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHERN TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT., GEO. SOC. OF AMER., MC-31.

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1957 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM 36

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOLMAP G.S.A. MC-31

  • Production

    LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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