Monument Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011927
MRDS ID D007121
Record type Site
Current site name Monument Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3234, 44.9885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 13 AIRMILES W OF GRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Everson Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010S 014W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED .5 MI N OF BLOODY DICK CREEK. CLAIMS CENTER ON THE 45 DEG LINE AND EXTEND NORTH AND SOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Missoula Group Belt Rocks
    Rock description Missoula Group Belt Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3234, 44.9885

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Monument (Beaverhead) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on development

  • MINE CONSISTS OF MONUMENT, MONUMENT EXTENSION, GREEN MOUNTAIN, WELCOME, DAISY, EUGENE, AND ALPS PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHAFT AND ADIT IS CAVED (1972).
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references