Half Moon Mine

Prospect in Sweet Grass county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096899
MRDS ID DC08786
Record type Site
Current site name Half Moon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.19941, 45.21603 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweet Grass(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sweet Grass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 012E 14,23 S2 (14); N2 (23) Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.19941, 45.21603

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Independence

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 14, 1960, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    USFS MAP, GALLATIN N.F., 1947.

  • Deposit

    STOOT, ACKERMON, 1959, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING DIRECTORIES, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 10, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-07-1961

  • Deposit

    1959 COMPILE MBMG BULL 10

  • Deposit

    1960 MBMG BULL 14

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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.