Latest Out Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013596
MRDS ID D009986
Record type Site
Current site name Latest Out Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11475, 45.44296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 4.1 MI S80E OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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

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 004S 004W 32 CENTER OF E2 OF E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF SAND COULEE CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) At Least 3 Zones Of Alteration-Calcite, Sericite, Kaolinite

Analytical data

Result HIGH RADIOACTIVITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11475, 45.44296

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post Min. Faults, N85w-N65e, 65-70n

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Frank Cisler

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Horse Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. D. Steiner
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner Wyoming-Montana Milling And Eng. Co.
    Home office Powell, Wy.
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT IS 350 FT LONG, WITH 2 CROSSCUTS, 50 AND 20 FT LONG. INCLINE SHAFT FOLLOWS VEIN FOR 63 FT S70W.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY 1920'S-1950. RADIOACTIVITY NOTED IN 1953 AND MINE OPENED AS HEALTH SPA FOR $3/PER PERSON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956 PHD, U OF MICH

  • Deposit

    MIN RES US, 1926, 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPLEX VEINS AND GOUGE ALONG SHEAR ZONES.
Deposit MIN RES US NOTED PRODUCTION IN 1926 AND 1929 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 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.

External references