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Silver Saddle Mine

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042789
MRDS ID M060818
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Saddle Mine
Alternate or previous names North Star Group
Related records 10208444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.71365, 46.42018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 12 MILES NW OF TOWNSEND, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 001W 27,28 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 46 TONS ASSAYED 0.017 OZ AU AND 23 OZ AG/TON, 38% PB, 1.8% ZN, 0.09% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Volcanics-Andesitic Tuffs, Flows, And Intrusives;Felsic Intrusive Rocks-Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Elkhorn Volcanics-Andesitic Tuffs, Flows, And Intrusives;Felsic Intrusive Rocks-Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.71365, 46.42018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR-POD-LIKE ORE BODIES
    Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 35 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 109.73M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Beaver Creek Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hogan, Harold
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pohl, Ed

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 205.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES TWO ADITS; LOWER ADIT CONTAINS 265 FT. WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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