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Green Campbell Group

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105636
MRDS ID W013413
Record type Site
Current site name Green Campbell Group
Related records 10221408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33282, 45.69573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES WEST OF VILLAGE OF SILVER STAR, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Star(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 006W 03 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Extends To Lowest Workings

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Beltian Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Beltian Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33282, 45.69573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 20 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN LIES IN GNEISS ABOUT 1500 FT. SOUTH OF IT'S CONTACT WITH BOULDER BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1867

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Investors Corp.
    Home office 546 Desoto St., Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Bell Mining Co., Colorado Springs, Co.

Comments on the production information

  • GREATEST PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1881 HOWEVER ACCURATE RECORDS NOT KEPT AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED APPROXIMATELY 400 FT. DOWN DIP (OR 200 FT. BELOW SURFACE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19

  • Production

    SAHINEN, 1950, MBMG MEMOIR 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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