Hubbard Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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 10101928
MRDS ID DB02119
Record type Site
Current site name Hubbard Mine
Alternate or previous names Mill Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45451, 46.87073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF GOULD CREEK ABOUT 1 MILE BELOW THE JAY GOULD MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 007W 23 N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • C N/2 OF SECTION 23 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY
Result $7-12/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45451, 46.87073

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of Flat Faults At Depths Below 500 Ft. That Dip East Or Northeast And Parallel Slope Of The Present Surfacegranite Peak Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ORE SHOOT
    Strike SOUTHWARD
    Dip 57 E
    Length 304.8M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gould-Stemple District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Owen Byrnes

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED A "CONSIDERABLE" AMOUNT OF GOLD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2133.6M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, DRIFTS, STOPES

Comments on development

  • WORKED PROFITABLY TO A DEPTH OF 500 FT BELOW OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOT 100 TO 500 FT. IN PITCH LENGTH. ORE PROFITABLY WORKABLE FROM OUTCROP TO 500 FT. BELOW SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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