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Madisonian

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010531
MRDS ID D004291
Record type Site
Current site name Madisonian
Alternate or previous names Hendricks

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.70918, 45.49573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ennis Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(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 004S 001W 10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN S/2 SEC 10, 1 MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Bornite Gangue
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.70918, 45.49573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 45 NW
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein In Granite Near Prec Gneiss Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leiter

Comments on the production information

  • LAST YEAR OF PRODUCTION, 50 TONS OF ORE FROM SURFACE WORKINGS WERE SHIPPED (LORAIN, P. 47)

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND 4 LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BYRNE, 1900, 12TH ANNUAL REPT OF THE INSP. OF MINES, STATE OF MONT., P. 25

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DIST OF THE DILLON QUAD AND ADJACENT AREAS, USGS BULL 574, P. 115.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD ORE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT, USBM INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    1900 COMPILE INS. OF MINES, 1900

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL BULL574

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 6972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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