Dacotah Mine

Past Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042801
MRDS ID M060837
Record type Site
Current site name Dacotah Mine
Related records 10293946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72417, 46.94547 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 1 MILE NE OF NEIHART

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(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 Cascade

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3.5 OZ/TON AG., 6.5% PB, 10% ZN TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pinto Diorite-Porphyry, Amphibolite
    Rock description Pinto Diorite-Porphyry, Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss, Schist
    Rock description Gneiss, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72417, 46.94547

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Plunge 35
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 228.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 207.26M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Neihart Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clarke, Frances
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bennett, Josephine
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bennett, Carroll

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION 1942-49 MORE THAN 1 MILLION LBS. OF PB, NEARLY 3 MILLION LBS. ZN, APPRECIABLE AG, AND SOME CU AND AU

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAME AS FOR RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1066.8M
    Overall depth 213.36M
    Overall length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN HAS BEEN EXPLORED ON 4 ADIT LEVELS STOPES EXTEND ALONG DIP FOR 350 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON, A.F., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7589, P. 33-34

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1900, GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, MONT: USGS 20TH ANN. RPT. PT. 3 P. 432-433

  • Deposit

    KEEFER, W.R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NEIHART 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL MONTANA: USGS, MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-726

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7589

  • Reserve-Resource

    DMEA FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FOLLOWS A WELL-DEFINED FISSURE IN LIGHT-COLORED GNEISS BUT IT TIGHTENS AND NARROWS WHERE IT ENTERS PINTO DIORITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references