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Richmond Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011229
MRDS ID D005569
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Mine
Alternate or previous names Ontario Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15591, 46.18322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.6KM N OF HIGHWAY 10A.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 18 CENTER OF W2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SLOPE OF WARM SPRINGS CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15591, 46.18322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 24-25, 27

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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