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Quartz City

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094647
MRDS ID D010481
Record type Site
Current site name Quartz City

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.05087, 45.61657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 14.4 MI N 70 E 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

Noble Peak(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 002S 004W 35 NE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ACROSS CANYON FROM BISMARK MI. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result BEST SAMPLE HAD 0.27 OZ A61 ST, MINOR CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.05087, 45.61657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bismark Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONE ON BISMARK FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name So. Boulder District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHORT ADITS, 8 TRENCHES, PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    E. CATHER, USBM, SPOKANE, PERSONAL COMM., 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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