Totten Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019378
MRDS ID DC09892
Record type Site
Current site name Totten Mine
Alternate or previous names Monitor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18838, 46.34573 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6.5 KM W OF WICKES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 005W 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI W OF WOOD CHUTE ROAD IN HOODOO GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18838, 46.34573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED IN 1938, 1939, 1940, SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT CROSSCUT, 60 FT SHAFT, 50 FT OF DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • BILLIE-TOTEN, NANCY LEE AND 3 OTHER CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20 SUP, P. 13.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 36; MBMG MEM 20 SUP, P. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CROSSCUT CROSSES 4 LODES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1982 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.