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Lipton Mine

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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 10094807
MRDS ID DC11732
Record type Site
Current site name Lipton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.75196, 45.54546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maltbys Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 001W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.75196, 45.54546
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Batholith Intrusion Into Surrounding Precambrian Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT AND 750 FT ADITS. 40 FT AND 75 FT SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS: LIPTON, LIPTON NO. 2, STRATTON, ELEANOR, GOLD BOND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1937, DIRECTORY OF MONT. MINING PROPERTIES, MONT. BUR OF MINES & GEOL., MEM. 15, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, HART, 1933, GEOL. RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO, MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., MEM. 9., P. 52.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO, MONT, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC 6972, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIRC 6972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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