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Washington Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019222
MRDS ID DC09072
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.97867, 45.15712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1771
Relative position 1 MI SE OF BANNACK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 011W 08 NE OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.97867, 45.15712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Dipping Overthrust Fault, Folding And Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NOT CLEAR WHETHER PLACER OR LODE. IN GRAVEL, 1000 FT. FROM GRANODIORITE, UNDERLAIN BY LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bannack District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New York-Montana Mines
    First year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 7.

Reporter information

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

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