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Saginaw Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010829
MRDS ID D004818
Record type Site
Current site name Saginaw Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.44729, 45.22572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2227
Relative position 10 AIR MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Selway Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(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 007S 015W 16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF NORTH 1/2, SECTION 16; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritized Diorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Prec Diorite Sill Or Dike
    Rock description Prec Diorite Sill Or Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.44729, 45.22572
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Discoverer Dunc Wadams

Mining district

District name (Unorganized)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bennett Owen
    Home office Dillon, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT 320 FT. DEEP, CAVED AT COLLAR BUT OPEN BELOW. DRIFTS WERE TURNED OFF BOTH SIDES AT 150 AND 300 FT. BELOW COLLAR.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH WATER FLOW IN MINE WORKINGS

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. 4

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

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.

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