| Deposit ID | 10015893 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02172 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Elizabeth Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.07005, 46.68101 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE SCRATCHGRAVEL HILLS ABOUT .5 MILE WEST OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 011N | 004W | 26 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Mimetite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | Granitic rock |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Local Strike Faults Dipping Northeastward |
| Strike | NORTHWEST |
|---|---|
| Dip | 25 SW |
| Length | 804.65M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Scratchgravel Hills District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fred Moratt |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 36.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02172 |
USGS BULL 842, P. 50-1, PL. 3
USGS BULL 842, P. 51.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER STAINED ORE CONTAINS MORE AU. |
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 02/05/2021 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2402760 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Elizabeth Mine |
| Current operator | Eden Mining & Reclamation Corp, Inc. |
| Current controller (parent) | ABK Holdings Corporation |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1084 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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