Moore Creek Mine

Prospect in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294966
MAS/MILS ID 0300570680
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Unnamed Mine, Beaverhead National Forest

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.84396, 45.4057 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leonard Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(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 005 S 002 W 15 NWNWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.84396, 45.4057

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OFF VIRGINIA CITY QUAD 15 MIN MAP 1950

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-94 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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