Cabin and Cornucopia Lode

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019842
MRDS ID DC11688
Record type Site
Current site name Cabin and Cornucopia Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94669, 45.27907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 003W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON TOP OF RIDGE WEST OF ALDER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94669, 45.27907

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Closely Associated With Tobacco Root Batholith Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 33, 1963, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-23-1963

  • Deposit

    1963 MBMG BULL 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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