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Montana Boy

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107926
MRDS ID D004290
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.68363, 45.51796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norris(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 004S 001W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF BRADLEY CREEK, 200 YDS EAST OF HIGHWAY 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.68363, 45.51796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 25 E; N 40 E
    Dip 35 NE
    Thickness 1.52M
  • General form LENSES
    Dip 35 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins In Crushed Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mt. Ida Development Co.
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • ONE SHAFT YIELDED 240 TONS OF SHIPPING ORE (LORAIN, P. 46.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO, USBM INF CIRC. 6972 P. 46

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIRC. 697

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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