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Mountain View Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010905
MRDS ID D004987
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03697, 45.54823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 6.3 MILES DUE EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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 003S 005W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SECTION 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED 0.25 TO 1.5 OZ AU PER TON. (LORAIN, 1937)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03697, 45.54823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 25 N
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ray Mackinson
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on development

  • COMPRESSOR, TRAMWAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG BEDDING PLANE FAULT

Reporter information

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

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