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Ben Harrison Fraction

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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107929
MRDS ID D004297
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Harrison Fraction
Related records 10270617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.97503, 45.65601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF PONY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 003W 16,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROXIMATE

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.97503, 45.65601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith, Nw-Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pony Dst.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. Smith
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED ABOUT $90,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER (1937)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON, MONT, USBM INF. CIR. 6972, P. 38

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIRC. 697

Reporter information

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

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