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Graybird Group

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010768
MRDS ID D004733
Record type Site
Current site name Graybird Group
Related records 10171947

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.8545, 45.28518 (WGS84)
Relative position .5 MILE NE OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SECTION 29, ON CONTACT ZONE NORTH OF FERDINAND MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Sericitization, Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Argenta Stock
    Rock description Argenta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Amsden
    Rock description Amsden

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Argenta Stock

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 67 NE
    Length 4.57M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1961

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Carl Meine
    Home office Dillon, Mt.
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE CONFIDENTIAL

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT. LONG SURFACE CUT WAS DUG ON CONTACT ZONE. PROSPECT SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1965 TO ABOUT 6 FEET DEEP WHERE THE ORE LENS WAS CUT BY A DIKE.

Comments on development

  • SIX UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MATTER ALONG CONTACT ZONE CONSISTS OF A LENS OF RED-BROWN JASPER CONTAINING BLEBS OF STEEL GALENA AND CERUSSITE.

Reporter information

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

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