Daniel Stanton Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019294
MRDS ID DC09408
Record type Site
Current site name Daniel Stanton Mine
Alternate or previous names Stanton Mine
Related records 10173219

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24672, 46.47073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.8 KM S OF RIMINI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.1 KM NE OF RED MOUNTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result SOME SERICITIZED ROCK CONTAINS 0.26 % U.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24672, 46.47073

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 75S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Altered Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADIT LEVELS CONNECTED BY RAISES AND 3 STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ZONE FROM THE CENTER OUTWARD CONSISTS OF (1) A MEDIAL JOINT PLANE, (2) ROCK ALTERED LARGELY TO SERICITE, (3) ROCK ALTERED LARGELY TO CLAY. RADIOACTIVITY IS RESTRICTED TO LOWER ADIT. URANIUM IS MAINLY FOUND IN THE SERICITE BAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references