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Mountain Cheif Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019648
MRDS ID DC11045
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Cheif Mine
Related records 10148414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41755, 45.95768 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 3 MI SE OF BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 003N;002N 007W;007W 36,01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOUNDARY, S. 36, 01

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite
    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) -112.41755, 45.95768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 84 W
    Dip 80 S
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aplite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Homestake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. B. Worly, H. F. Weyerstall
    Home office Homestake
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS: 1910, 1911, 1932, 1941. MOST PRODUCTIVE YEAR WAS 1911.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT ADIT AND A 200 FT SHAFT. ALL WORKINGS ARE CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-19-1961

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON ROBY, ET AL; MT. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 1

  • Production

    ROBY, R.N, 1960.

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

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