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Shamrock Mine

Past Producer in Madison 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019880
MRDS ID DC11788
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33005, 45.71046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF SILVER STAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Star(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 006W 33 NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Belt Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33005, 45.71046
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Yellowstone Uranium Co.
    Home office Hardin Mt.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Moser, A. A.
    Home office Hardin Mt.
    First year 1958

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE 1956-57, INACTIVE 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K., AND ACKERMAN, W., 1959, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 10, P. 43

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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.

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