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Tiger, Moulton, and Tw Group

Past Producer in Judith Basin county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071354
MRDS ID W014691
Record type Site
Current site name Tiger, Moulton, and Tw Group
Related records 10148850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.61501, 47.09102 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position ABOUT 3 KM NORTHEAST OF HUGHESVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Judith Basin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mixes Baldy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belt(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Great Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Judith Basin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 009E 05,06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION AND ELEVATION OF TIGER ADIT

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
    Rock description Galena Creek Porphyry;Hughesville Stock, Hughesville Quartz Monzonite;Mixes Baldy Laccolith, Wolf Porphyry;Clendennin Laccolith, Clendennin Mountain Porphyry
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone;Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone;Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.61501, 47.09102
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Zone Of Laccoliths And Other Igneous Intrusions Covering Over 800 Square Km
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lone Tree Syncline, Peterson Fault, Mixes Baldy - Anderson Peak Fault, Hughesville Stock

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tiger-Peterson Fault, Clendennin Laccolith; Moulton, Tw - Mixes Baldy Fault, Limestone, Mixes Baldy Laccolith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Barker District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Croft And Montague, Monarch, Mt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clendennin Mines Inc.
    Home office C/O J. T. Nightengale, Boston, Ma

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDS SPARSE AND INCOMPLETE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT BUT DATA ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR ESTIMATE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1000M
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • TIGER DEVELOPED BY A 230 FT SHAFT AND 550 FT ADIT. MOULTON DEVELOPED BY A 100 FT. SHAFT AND 1232 FT ADIT. TW MINE DEVELOPED BY A 140 FT. SHAFT AND 430 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: TIGER AND TW CLAIMS LOCATED 1884

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

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