Carbonate Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019651
MRDS ID DC11052
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Mine
Related records 10221572

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04087, 45.91796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 4 MI NE OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 004W 13,24 NE OF NE (24) Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson Shale
    Rock description Greyson Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04087, 45.91796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Bull Mtn Block
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne To Nw Trending Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip 80 S
    Length 121.92M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FISSURE FILLING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lester Lindquist
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 26 PRODUCTION YEARS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on development

  • GASOLINE-DRIVEN HOIST AND COMPRESSOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    ALEXANDER, R.G., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE WHITEHALL AREA, MONTANA YELLOWSTONE-BIGHORN RESEARCH PROJECT, CONTRIBUTION 195, 111 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON MBMG BULLETIN 1

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN RANGES FROM 6 INCHES TO 6 FEET WIDE.
Deposit ACTIVE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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