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Goldschmidt Group

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010551
MRDS ID D004323
Record type Site
Current site name Goldschmidt Group
Alternate or previous names Goldsmith, Steiner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04725, 45.4499 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 7.3 MI DUE E OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 4S 4N 36,25 N2 OF NW (36); SW (25) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 MI N12W OF COPPER MTN PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series, Limestone
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) Amphibolite
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ramshorn Synform

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 50 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Member

Comments on the geologic information

  • POCKETS OF MANGANESE ARE FREQUENT NEAR THE ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Ramshorn Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Steiner And Sons
    Home office Sheridan, Wy.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jake Steiner And Sons
    Home office Sheridan, Wy.
    First year 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT CROSSCUT AND ABOUT 300 FT. OF DRIFTING ON THE VEIN. A SMALL UNDERHAND STOPE REACHES DOWN 20 FT. IN ORE. OLD WORKINGS AND DUMPS DEVELOPED VEIN SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET UP THE HILLSIDE

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. 10-STAMP STRAUB MILL ON SITE. MILL CAPACITY 12-15 TONS OXIDIZED ORE PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, P. 62.

  • Deposit

    LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956 PHD, U OF MICH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN LIES IN BEDDING PLANE
Deposit MIN RES US REPORTS CONSTANT PRODUCTION FROM 1928 TO 1938. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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