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Faithful Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019755
MRDS ID DC11381
Record type Site
Current site name Faithful Group
Alternate or previous names Old Favorite, Faithful, And Others

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02395, 45.30129 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 4 MILES DUE SOUTH OF BALDY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 24 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ERRONEOS MINE NAME ON POLARIS (1959)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Goethite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 1.0 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark;Flathead
    Rock description Hasmark;Flathead

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02395, 45.30129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1219.2M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Andesite With Limestone And Quartzite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1876
Discoverer A.H. Odell
Production years PRE-1896.

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $250,000. TAILINGS REWORKED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN INCLINED SHAFT WAS ORIGINALLY 250 FT. DEEP WITH 300 FEET OF LEVELS ON THE VEIN. GEACH'S MAP (1972) SHOWS ADITS, SHAFTS, AND A BULLDOZER CUT.

Comments on development

  • EARLY ORE TREATED IN ARRASTRA BY ODELL. IN 1892 DILLON MIN. CO. BUILT A 25-STAMP MILL WHICH OPERATED A SHORT TIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 72-73.

  • Deposit

    .R. ZIMBIEMAN, WRITTEN COMM; 1982.

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL, 85, P. 73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT EXPOSED FOR 4000 FT. WITH GOLD SHOWINGS AT DIFFERENT PLACES ALONG IT. VEIN RANGES 10 TO 20 FT WIDE.
Deposit FAITHFUL GROUP COMPRISES THE FAITHFUL, ALICE, OLD FAVORITE, CAPITAL, CABLE, AND SUNRISE PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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