Baccharat Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019953
MRDS ID DC12042
Record type Site
Current site name Baccharat Mine
Related records 10124262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33338, 45.65879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3.0 AIR MILES SW 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)

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 002S 006W 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE, BULLDOG MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead 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) -112.33338, 45.65879

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PROBABLY OXIDIZED LEAD ORE, COPPER SULFIDES, FREE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 32, PL. 5.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-23-1963

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 1

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references