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Mountain Boy Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014506
MRDS ID D011310
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Boy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02587, 45.66768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2500 FT W OF MAMMOTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhead Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 004W 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES HAD UP TO 0.158 OZ AU, 4.0 OZ AG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02587, 45.66768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 67.06M
    Width 0.55M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name So. Boulder District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 400-FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH-TRENDING QUARTZ VEIN EXPOSED IN ADIT. VEIN IS FAULTED AND PINCHES AT NORTH END.
Deposit OCCURRENCE OF AT LEAST 6,200 TONS AVERAGING 0.06 OZ AU AND 1.17 OZ AG PER TON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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