Bismark Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019896
MRDS ID DC11835
Record type Site
Current site name Bismark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04697, 45.6124 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF MOUNT JEFFERSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(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)

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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S;003S 004W;004W 36,01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 36.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chrysocolla Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Quartz Monzonite;Coarse-Grained Aplite Dikes
    Rock description Tobacco Root Quartz Monzonite;Coarse-Grained Aplite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Series, Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Series, Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.04697, 45.6124

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zones Trend N35e, 90, And N75w, 70s. Bismark Fault Trends N45 To 50w, With High Angle Dip

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL, NARROW SHOOTS
    Strike N 57 W
    Dip 72 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name So. Boulder District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lambert, Robert
    Home office Sheridan
    First year 1959

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 171-172.

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, W., SCHAFER, P.A., AND HART, L.H., 1933, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS., MADISON CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 9, P. 31

  • Deposit

    REID, R.R., 1957, BEDROCK GEOLOGY-NORTH END OF TOBACCO RT. MTNS., MADISON CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 36, P. 20

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-10-1961

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS DISPLACED 10 FT. BY N 30W, 60 E TRENDING FAULT. VEINS ARE NUMEROUS, BUT DISCONTINUOUS

Reporter information

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