The Four Sevens Group

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094788
MRDS ID DC08788
Record type Site
Current site name The Four Sevens Group
Alternate or previous names 4-Sevens

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.24136, 45.20825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position APROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF INDEPENDENCE PK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 012E 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE FOR UNCHARTED SEC 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CUT ACROSS MINERALIZED ZONE SHOWED: PB-.5%
Result AU-.01 OZ/T
Result AG-.59 OZ/T.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.24136, 45.20825

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDED
    Strike N75-80E
    Dip 10N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Zone In Host Rocks Overlying Granitic Intrusive.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Independence (Boulder River)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Blakeley, Mclsod,
    First year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO., MONT., U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 55

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ET AL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 35

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, CROWLEY AND SAHINEN, 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MBMG BULL 30, P. 32

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-29-1961

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM. INF. CIRC. 7546.

  • Deposit

    1962 OTHER MBMG BULL 30.

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP IS FOR THE HOST ROCKS ENCLOSING THE MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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.