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Sage Hen Mine

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10013597
MRDS ID D009987
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Hen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12503, 45.44268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MI S76E OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheridan(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)

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 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12503, 45.44268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Discoverer Ogden Bros.

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Horse Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Winslow
    Home office Sheridan, Wy.
    First year 1932

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • N50W INCLINE SHAFT WITH DRIFTS AND STOPES. 120 FT. S85E ADIT WITH CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG SCHIST-MARBLE CONTACT. OCCUPYS BEDDING PLANE FISSURE. LENSES OF ORE CONTROLLED BY CROSS FISSURES.

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.

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