Toledo Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019416
MRDS ID DC09990
Record type Site
Current site name Toledo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12504, 45.48573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheridan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 004S 004W 17 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MILE NORTH OF BRANDON.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite
    Rock description Aplite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series, Marble, Gneiss, Schist
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series, Marble, Gneiss, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12504, 45.48573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Margin, Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folds And Fractures Trending N 20 E

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 45 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures Within Marble

Comments on the geologic information

  • TOLEDO VEIN MAY BE A NORTHERN CONTINUATION OF THE BUCKEYE VEIN. ; GEOL.DESC: NARROW REPLACEMENT VEIN, LOW GRADE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Mill Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 400 FEET DEEP, PLUS 300 FEET OF DRILLING. A CROSSCUT AT 400 FOOT LEVEL RUNS WEST 280 FEET TO THE VEIN. A DRIFT THEN RUNS NORTH ABOUT 400 FEET.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NARROW VEIN WIDTHS, LOW METAL CONTENT PROHIBITED SUCCESSFUL LARGE SCALE OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references