Agitator - Concentrator Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019909
MRDS ID DC11908
Record type Site
Current site name Agitator - Concentrator Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06058, 45.43601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 6.8 MI S80E OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005S;004S 004W;004W 02,35 NW OF NE (02); SW OF SE (35) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.2 MI N47W OF COPPER MTN OPEN PIT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series-Limestone, Gneiss
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series-Limestone, Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06058, 45.43601

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Ramshorn Synform

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 55 W
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Member, Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED SILICEOUS ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Ramshorn Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Moore, A.L., And Wright, L.E.
    Home office Sheridan
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mcnulty And Swayze
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE ADITS.

Comments on development

  • STAMP MILL BUILT 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956 PHD, UNIV OF MICH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MIN RES US LIST AU ORE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS IN 1930-31, AND AMALGAMATION OF SEVERAL 100 ST IN EACH OF YEARS, 1933-MID 40S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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