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Drumheller Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015892
MRDS ID DB02170
Record type Site
Current site name Drumheller Mine
Alternate or previous names Aster Mine, Howard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10782, 46.67268 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position WEST SIDE OF SCRATCHGRAVEL HILLS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF SEVEN MILE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 004W 33 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 KM WSW OF SCRATCHGRAVEL HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY
Result 50% PB, 10 OZ/TON AG, $5/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock;Diorite Dike
    Rock description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock;Diorite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10782, 46.67268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Diorite Sill Several Hundred Feet Thick Intrudes Sedimentary Rocks. Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL LODE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Intrusive Contact With Quartz Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE AND SEDIMENTARY HOST ROCKS ARE TILTED, FAULTED, AND METAMORPHOSED BY INTRUSION OF QUARTZ MONZONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Scratchgravel Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Helena Silver Lead Mining Co.
    First year 1927

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 2 LEVELS, DRIFTS, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE CONTAINS "STEEL GALENA"

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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