| Deposit ID | 10070494 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013449 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Missouri-McKee Group |
| Alternate or previous names | McKee Claim |
| Related records | 10197654 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.88308, 45.45351 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2743 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 11 MILES, NNE OF VIRGINIA CITY. |
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)
Madison(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004S | 002W | 30 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock description | Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Pony Formation, Gneiss |
| Rock description | Pony Formation, Gneiss |
| (1) | Gneiss and amphibolite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Synclines Resultant From Minor Folding Of Andesite And Gneiss |
| General form | FLAT-LYING |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Norris Region-Washington Dist. |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Denny, H. |
| Home office | Mc Allister, Mt |
| Year | 1935 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1905-1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 2.9 Oz/St | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013449 |
TANSLEY, SCHAFER, & HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISANCE - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9. , P. 55.
LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.
USGS BULL 574, P. 113.
1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574
1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9
LORAIN, P. 48.
| 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 |
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