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Shortfellow Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013391
MRDS ID D009657
Record type Site
Current site name Shortfellow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51421, 45.60129 (WGS84)
Relative position .75 MI. S OF ROCHESTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(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

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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 007W 06 E2 OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE HAD .3 OZ/TON AU, 6 OZ/TON AG, 2% PB, .1% CU, .3% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51421, 45.60129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 78 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL STEEPLY INCLINED SHAFTS ALONG VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, ROBERT C., USGS, 1981, FIELD INSPECTION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT INTERSECTION OF N10W AND N35E VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 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.

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