Pettingale Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010837
MRDS ID D004830
Record type Site
Current site name Pettingale Mine
Alternate or previous names Pettingill, Rushwhite Tunnel
Related records 10220613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90006, 45.72156 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 5 AIR 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 25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2400 FT DUE N OF W. LONE PINE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) -112.90006, 45.72156

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Limb, Quartz Hill Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WAS DRIVEN WESTWARD IN SHALE TO THE DOLOMITE CONTACT, AND THEN NORTH WHERE THE DEPOSIT WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 140.

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, H., 1941, M.S. THESIS, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SC1. AND TECH., P. 47-8.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS FOUND NEAR DOLOMITE-SHALE CONTACT. ASSOCIATED QUARTZ VEINS STRIKE N-S AND E-W.

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.