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Medona Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Arsenic
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019009
MRDS ID DC08178
Record type Site
Current site name Medona Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.60081, 45.04491 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 2.25 MILES SE OF JARDINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009E 15 SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.60081, 45.04491
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N
    Dip 25E
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Production years ITEM 1: 1943

Mining district

District name Crevasse District

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $2500 OF W WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, G, 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, - JARDINS-CREVASSE MTN. DIST., PARK CO., MONT; MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 23, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, USBM, INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL. 1391-B, P. 82, 37.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-27-1961

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 7546

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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