| Deposit ID | 10102047 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC11790 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Hill Group Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Montreal Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.53838, 45.76323 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILES SE OF MOOSE TOWN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Humbug(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Big Hole(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 001S | 008W | 12 | CENTER | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE ASSAY SHOWED 0.03 OZ AU/TON, 0.10 OZ. AG/TON. (SAHINEN, 1950) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Belt Supergroup |
| Rock description | Belt Supergroup |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -112.53838, 45.76323 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Belt Rocks Strike North, Dip 80 W. |
| General form | IRREGULAR POCKETS AND SHOOTS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 W |
| Dip | 20 SW |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1909 |
| Production years | 1909-1916 |
| District name | Moose Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. And B. Edson |
| First year | 1950 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC11790 |
USGS BULL 574, P. 90.
MBMG MEM 25, P. 52-53.
1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL 574
1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 32
MBMG MEM. 32, P.53.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHEARED APLITE AND DIORITE CUT BY SMALL QUARTZ VEINLETS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1980 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1992 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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