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Lexington

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107923
MRDS ID D004276
Record type Site
Current site name Lexington

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.76752, 45.53601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 4.5 MILES SW OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maltbys Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(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 003S 001W 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED EAST OF INTERMITTANT TRIBUTARY OF HOT SPRINGS CREEK JUST NORTH OF REVENUE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.76752, 45.53601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 W
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Batholith Intrusion

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Frisbie, Norris
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • 100 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED, MOSTLY FROM DEVELOPMENT WORK (LORAIN, P.43)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 39.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MONT, USBM. INF CIRC. 6972, P. 43

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM. INF CIRC. 697

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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