Moscow Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013394
MRDS ID D009661
Record type Site
Current site name Moscow Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.35088, 45.83046 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 AIR MILES S75W OF WHITEHALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 006W 16 SW OF SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI SSE OF NINETEEN MILE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED ORE SAMPLE RAN 15 OZ/TON AG, 0.07% CU, 0.3% PB, 1.0% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.35088, 45.83046

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Pipestone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED WORKINGS AND SEVERAL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, ROBERT C., USGS, 1981, FIELD INSPECTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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