Ramshorn Creek Deposits

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Mica
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090796
MRDS ID D004313
Record type Site
Current site name Ramshorn Creek Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.98419, 45.44573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES NNW OF VIRGINIA CITY. ABOUT 2 MILES SW OF RAMSHORN MTN.

Site location context

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)

Ruby(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 004S 003W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.98419, 45.44573

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite Dikes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND AN ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E, 1949, PEGMATITE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MONTANA, MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 28, P.21

  • Deposit

    1949 COMPILE MBMG, MEM 2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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