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Yellow Bird

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012857
MRDS ID D008839
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Bird
Alternate or previous names West Ermont
Related records 10269808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90922, 45.26934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MILES WSW OF ARGENTA., Within 2000 Ft Radius., Within 2000 Ft Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 011W 35 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Jasper Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90922, 45.26934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 65 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Fleming
    First year 1963

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 55-FT INCLINE SHAFT, SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, 1972

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 TO 2 FT BRECCIATED JASPER VEIN.
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM. RELOCATED IN 1963 AS THE WEST ERMONT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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