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Titanus Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013927
MRDS ID D010490
Record type Site
Current site name Titanus Mine
Related records 10124201

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90367, 45.72628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5.0 MI 522E OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 011W 25 CENTER OF W2 OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT DUE S OF MONTE CRISTO MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Wallrock Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPMENTS VAN AS HIGH AS 45 OZ AG/ST.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90367, 45.72628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip 90
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT SHAFT, 50 TO 100 FT HORIZONTAL WORKINGS DRIFT ON VEIN AT 40 -FT DEPTH.

Comments on development

  • MINE DISCOVERED SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE 1940, BUT ABANDONED DUE TO L OW SILVER CONTENTS. MINE WAS LEASED AROUND 1940 AND SHAFT DEEPENED FRO M 20-FT TO 45-FT, INTERSECTING HI-GRADE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, H., 1941, M.S. THESIS, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI. AND TECH., P. 48-49.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 141.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Leon, Jeffrey (Pearson, Robert) U.S. Geological Survey

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