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Mapleton Mine

Past Producer in Madison 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019839
MRDS ID DC11681
Record type Site
Current site name Mapleton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97169, 45.3249 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 006S 003W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF HERMAN GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: .36 OZ/T AU, 2.7 OZ/T AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97169, 45.3249
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Area Underlain By Quartz Monzonite Tobacco Root Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hughs And Gage
    Home office Twin Bridges
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elling, Millard, Est.
    Home office Virginia City
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, ACKERMAN, 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING PROPERTIES, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL 10, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES, MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL MEM 15, P 51

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN., MADISON CO., MONT., USBM INF. CIR. 6972, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-15-1961

  • Deposit

    1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 6972

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MBMG BULL 10.

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

Beyond USGS

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

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