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Dry Boulder Gulch Deposit

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091652
MRDS ID DC12019
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Boulder Gulch Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11198, 45.60823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 8 MI E OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(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 003S 004W 04,05 W2 OF NW (04); N2 (05) Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gneiss and amphibolite
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. MEM. 36, 1957, P. 22, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-20-1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 38% FE OXIDE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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