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Tobacco Root Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019861
MRDS ID DC11731
Record type Site
Current site name Tobacco Root Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67057, 45.56073 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 1.5 MILES SE OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 001W 24 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Pony-Cherry-Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre Belt Pony-Cherry-Creek Gneiss Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67057, 45.56073
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact With Cret Tobacco Root Quartz Monzonite Batholith.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris (Lower Hot Springs)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 34 TON CYANIDE MILL WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1934. 750 FT, 400 FT, AND 100 FT ADITS; 300 FT DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES, MONT BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., MEM 15, P. 54

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DIST OF DILLON QUAD., USGS BULL 574, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHEL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1935 COMPILE MBMG MEM 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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