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Moonlight Quartz Lode Claim

Prospect in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096914
MRDS ID FS00053
Record type Site
Current site name Moonlight Quartz Lode Claim
Related records 10148947

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1098, 46.39433 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES SE OF MAXVILLE, MONTANA NEAR THE UPPER END OF BOULDER CREEKCANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 012W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE GENERAL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE CUT - 10 INCHES WIDE AND A DISTANCE OF 30 INCHES ACROSS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WORKING #A.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY REPORT (10 - 5 - 1961): AG - 2.20 OZS/TON
Result AU - 0.150 OZ./TON
Result CU - 0.10%
Result PB - 0.53%
Result ZN - 0.15%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1098, 46.39433
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Plunge 50 W
    Length 91.44M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH - FORMS A LARGE MASS. ROUGHLY ELLIPTICAL IN GROUND PLAN COVERING AN AREA APPROXIMATELY 40 SQ. MILES. THE UPPER SURFACE IS DOMELIKE AND IN MANY PLACES THE CONTACT FOLLOWS THE BEDDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Discoverer Peter F. Scherr

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Exploration And Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Black And White Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.071HA
    Overall length 164.59M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • M50 MEASUREMENT OF MAIN ORE BODY - SMALLER BODY IS 240 FT. LONG BY 6 TO 12 FT. DEEP AND 15 TO 20 FT. WIDE (WORKING #2). ALSO EARLIER CUTS - #1 20 FT. LONG X 4 FT. DEEP X 3' WIDE; CUT #2 - 15 FT. LONG BY 5 FT. WIDE BY 6 FT. DEEP; CUT #3 - VERY OLD: 4 FT. DEEP BY 10 FT. LONG BY APPROXIMATELY 6 FT. WIDE; SIDES ARE ALL CAVED IN. ALSO AN OLD MINER'S LOG CABIN 12 FT. X 15 FT. IS ON THE CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USFS

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL USFS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE VALUES WOULD APPEAR TO BE LOW TO MODERATE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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