Montana · Madison County
Past Producer

Clipper Mine

Madison County, Montana, United States
Gold
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlFault Zone - Transverse Fractures Cause En Echelon Gaps Which Are Favorable To Mineralization
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Pony Formation, Gneiss
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
StructureLocated Between Mammoth And Pony Faults Both Of Which Trend Nw
AlterationSericitization And Silicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10070461
MRDS IDW013404
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.66268, -111.95808
References
LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., U. S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC 6972.MBMG MEM 9, P. 26.MBMG MEM 36.VITALIAND, ET AL, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF SOUTHERN TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT., GEO. SOC. OF AMER., MC-31.1933 RECON MBMG MEM 91957 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM 361979 GEOLMAP G.S.A. MC-31LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972