1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Mammoth Mine

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013607
MRDS ID D010002
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33198, 45.6199 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 5.5 MI S 27 W OF SILVER STAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Bridges(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 002S 006W 34 CENTER OF W2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33198, 45.6199
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 32, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAMMOTH VEIN RANGES 3 TO 30 FT WIDE. ORE SHOOTS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED, AND BARREN TO RICH ORE ZONE CONTACTS ARE ABRUPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 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.

Maps centered on this site