Tuxedo Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10010814
MRDS ID D004799
Record type Site
Current site name Tuxedo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9384, 45.71156 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 7 MILES SSE OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 011W 34,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH FLANK OF GRAY JOCKEY PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result VEIN CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.020 OZ AU/TON, 8.00 OZ AG/TON, 0.90 % PB, AND 1.20 % ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9384, 45.71156

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lillian M. Pond

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT IS 80-FT. DEEP WITH TWO DRIFTS, 100 AND 50 FEET.

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 85, P. 141

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12-18 INCH VEIN IN SHALE AND DOLOMITE CONTAINS 6-INCH THICK QUARTZ LENSES WITH GALENA. ANOTHER 3-FT. VEIN CONTAINS HONEYCOMED QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references