1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Big Hat Lode

Occurrence in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022882
MRDS ID FS00387
Record type Site
Current site name Big Hat Lode
Related records 10305451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.30475, 46.64047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 1/4 MILE S OF DEMOCRAT GULCH AND 1 1/4 MILE ESE OF ELK CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Watson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 003E 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • Original political location in record is Broadwater county. However, lat/long and PLSS coordinates plot 2 km inside adjacent Meagher county. The coordinates lie 80 meters SSE of a mineshaft symbol on USGS topo map. Verbal description of location, 1/4 MILE S OF DEMOCRAT GULCH AND 1 1/4 MILE ESE OF ELK CREEK, is contradictory because Elk Creek likes south and east of Democrat Gulch. However, the first part of the description, 1/4 mile south of Democrat Gulch, is consistent with the lat/long and mineshaft symbol. Both Democrat Gulch and Elk Creek lie entirely in Meagher county. Duplicate record 10305451 states Meagher county. Otherwise the duplicate record is mostly derivative and its lone reference indicates the source is MRDS. This record's reference will be difficult to check. The evidence indicates the lat/long is correct so the county name was changed to Meagher.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY REPORT; AG - 0.1/TON, AU 0.01/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt, Sedimentary
    Rock description Belt, Sedimentary
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.30475, 46.64047
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz - Calcite Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Henry Becker

Mining district

District name Magpie Gulch

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Becker

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE IS A 1 RM. CABIN ON THE CLAIM. TWO SHAFTS WERE DUG AND FOUND THAT THEY WERE MISLOCATED. THE CLAIMANT CONSIDERATELY FILLED THE SHAFTS BACK UP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL USFS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 03-SEP-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site