| Deposit ID | 10015851 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02111 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Moonlight Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.06394, 46.66907 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | EAST SIDE OF THE SCRATCHGRAVEL HILLS AT THE MOUTH OF A GULCH DECENDING EASTWARD FROM THE HIGHEST SUMMIT. NORTH SIDE OF GULCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis and Clark(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)
Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri-Marias(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 | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 011N | 004W | 35 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | Granitic rock |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault Dipping 45e, Cuts South Vein Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock |
| General form | IRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH |
| Dip | 20W |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Scratchgravel Hills District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Otto Anderson |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02111 |
USGS BULL 842, P. 51-54
USGS BULL 842, P. 51-3.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 VEINS, SMALLER SOUTH VEIN TRENDS WEST, DIPS 20 S AND IS 2.5 FT. WIDE IT IS CUT OFF BY A TRANSVERSE FAULT THAT DIPS 45 E. NORTH VEIN STRIKES NORTH AND DIPES 20 W, NEXT TO HAGING WALL IS 6-24 IN LAYER OF IRON OXIDES AND QUARTZ. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-80 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-81 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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