Cameron Mine

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Silica
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019612
MRDS ID DC10950
Record type Site
Current site name Cameron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10647, 46.16933 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position ON RIDGE BETWEEN WARM SPRING CREEK AND OLSON GULCH. .85 KM NORTH OF WARM SPRING CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 21 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silica Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10647, 46.16933

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mount Powell Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE STOCK 0.5 MI NORTH OF MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1965

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Norman R. Zeren And Frank Schnell
    Home office 522 S. Warren St., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF AG

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 244.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 58, P. 10

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1926, 1935-38, 1960-63.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 32, 35.

  • Production

    EMMONS 1913 USGS PROF. PAPER 78 ; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1962.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPING, PROD. (1962) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 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.