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Picard Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019012
MRDS ID DC08201
Record type Site
Current site name Picard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.4956, 45.63046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 10 MILES NW OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Table Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 007W 29 NW OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.4956, 45.63046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cole And Mailey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT, SEVERAL SMALL PITS. AN ADIT INTERSECTS THE SHAFT 20 FT. BELOW THE COLLAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-22-1963

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 1

  • Production

    MBMG MEM. 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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