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Monte Clark Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019903
MRDS ID DC11887
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Clark Mine
Related records 10281185

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5606, 45.51546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 21 AIR MILES NORTH OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 008W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES EAST OF MCCARTNEY MTN. SUMMIT. NE 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dinwoody
    Rock description Dinwoody
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Frontier and Blackleaf Formations
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mccartney Mtn. Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Andesite-Sediment Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR INTRUSIVE ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mccartney Mountain District

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION, BUT DETAILS UNAVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT WITH CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION, ACCORDING TO PARDEE (1925). DETAILS UNAVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDS, R.W., AND PARDEE, J.T., 1925, THE MELROSE PHOSPHATE FIELD, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULLETIN 780-A, P. 31

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-26-1963

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP PARDEE, J.T., U.S.G.S. BULL. 780-

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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