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Red Bluff

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107927
MRDS ID D004292
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bluff

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.64779, 45.57962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 2.5 MILES NE 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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 001E 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF RED BLUFF, 500 FT EAST OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue
Galena Gangue
Opal Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Belt Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.64779, 45.57962
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris District

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINE WAS AN IMPORTANT PRODUCER BEFORE 1900. PRODUCTION UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS-DILLON QUAD AND ADJACENT AREAS, USGS BULL 574, P. 116

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 57

Reporter information

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

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

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