| Deposit ID | 10010910 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004993 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Independence and Silver Note |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.49755, 45.61573 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | 9 AIR MILES NW OF TWIN BRIDGES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Madison(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Bridges SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte South(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 002S | 007W | 32 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Pre Belt |
| Rock description | Pre Belt |
| (1) | -112.49755, 45.61573 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Strike | N 30 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 65 NW |
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Width | 0.61M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rochester District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004993 |
MBMG MEM 19, P. 39
1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 1
MBMG MEM. 19
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE INDEPENDENCE VEIN TRENDS N40E, AND DIPS FROM 65 TO 70 NW. 800 FT. EAST OF INDEPENDENCE ARE THREE VEINS WHICH MERGE TO THE SW TO FORM THE SILVER NOTE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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