Moosehorn Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10293847
MRDS ID D004814
MAS/MILS ID 0300010044
Record type Site
Current site name Moosehorn Mine
Related records 10010826

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.73282, 45.55959 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Isaac Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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)

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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 017 W 20 SWSENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.73282, 45.55959

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N83E
    Dip 82S
    Thickness 10M
    Length 35M
    Width 12M
    Area 0.5HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N83E:82S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) .5
    Date of Last Modification 800618

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1947
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Deboer
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Hammer
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAVERHEAD COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    WFOC MIN PROP FILES

  • Deposit

    MT BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 85, 1972, P. 39.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY IS 915M TO THE EAST USBM ESTIMATES 5 MILLION TONNE RESERVE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-94 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references