Dullea Prospect

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019932
MRDS ID DC11968
Record type Site
Current site name Dullea Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1817, 45.53796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 003S 005W 35,26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF BEND IN ROAD IN CENTER BORDER OF SECTIONS 35 AND 26.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLE ASSAYS APPEAR IN BULLETIN 24, P. 49.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1817, 45.53796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N30 Trending Faults And Veins.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 60 S
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone, Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer J.R. Dullea

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CAVED ADITS, ONE ACCESSABLE ADIT AND AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULL. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit N20E TRENDING BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN VARIES FROM 2 TO 3 FT. WIDE. TWO PARALLEL GALENA VEINS ON THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL TREND N20-45E, 15-25W, AND ARE 2 IN. AND 1.5 FT. WIDE RESPECTIVELY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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