Burgierosa Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019888
MRDS ID DC11812
Record type Site
Current site name Burgierosa Group
Alternate or previous names G-W Mine
Related records 10269220

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9384, 45.70683 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 7 MILES SSE OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 011W 34,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH FLANK OF GRAY JOCKEY PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 25.0 OZ AG/TON, 0.9% CU, AND 4.7%PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9384, 45.70683

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vega Vein Is Offset By Left-Lateral Fault Trending N30w, 80 Sw., West Limb, Gray Jockey Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND BUNCHES
    Strike NNE
    Dip 90
    Length 670.56M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George S. Gluck
    Home office Ramsay
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES CONFIDENTIAL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS AND AN ADIT TRACE THE VEGA VEIN FOR ABOUT 2200 FT. AN OLD SHAFT 17-FT DEEP SHOWS THE MINERALIZED ZONE IN THE BURGLIND VEIN.

Comments on development

  • THIRTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 08-29-1968

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR PARALLEL NEARLY VERTICAL VEINS, FROM WEST TO EAST; MADISON, JEFFERSON, BURGLIND AND VEGA. BURGLIND AND VEGA VEINS HAVE RECIEVED PRINCIPAL WORK.
Deposit REPORTED DEVELOPING IN 1968. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

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