Scalded Cat Mine

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019892
MRDS ID DC11824
Record type Site
Current site name Scalded Cat Mine
Related records 10172916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.93697, 45.66157 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF PONY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 003W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Mowzonite-Tobacco Root Batholith
    Rock description Quartz Mowzonite-Tobacco Root Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.93697, 45.66157

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Gneiss And Introsive Quartz Mowzowite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pony (Mineral Hill)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. Clary
    Home office Pony
    First year 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, FA, 1962, MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 25, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    GEACH, 1968, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 67, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-06-1962

  • Deposit

    1962 MBMG BULL 25

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL 67

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.