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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013904
MRDS ID D010456
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03753, 45.11934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 14.5 MI S 13 E OF ALDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Home Park Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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 008S 004W 24 SE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.4 MI N 65 W OF WILLOW CR. MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sillimanite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03753, 45.11934
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 45, P. 48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUMP SHOWS SHEARED, ALTERED GNEISS, SILLIMANITE SCHIST, AND ULTRAMAFIC ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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