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Montana Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019649
MRDS ID DC11049
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39671, 45.95934 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 3 MI NORTH OF HOMESTAKE

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 002N 006W 06 N2 OF N2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

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) -112.39671, 45.95934
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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
Significant No
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Homestake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ed Booes
    Home office Williamsburg
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Kendall, M. E. Loughran
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 82.3M
    Overall depth 118.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHAFTS, 30 TO 390 FT. DEEP. 200 FT. ADIT, 70 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, 1959, MONT. BM&G, BULL. 10, P. 29

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 15, P. 29

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-09-1961

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16.

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

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