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Sunset Claim

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101509
MRDS ID D004329
Record type Site
Current site name Sunset Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58699, 45.76379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 2.5 MILES WEST OF GOLD HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Humbug(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 008W 09,10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT CENTER OF SECTION LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 9 AND 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher
    Rock description Meagher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58699, 45.76379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 45 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. Nolan, C. Jackman, E. Alderman
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS. VEIN HAS BEEN STOPED TO THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 32, P. 51

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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