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Ground Hog Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069278
MRDS ID W002866
Record type Site
Current site name Ground Hog Mine
Related records 10245331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87783, 45.31351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 16 MILES NW OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 18 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartzite Brecciated Width 3 Ft. Along Fault

Analytical data

Result GEACH (1972) REPORTED FROM ASSAY MAP OF 1939 (SUPPLIED BY WM. HAND) GOLD VALUES RANGE FROM FEW CENTS UP TO $25/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Flathead
    Rock description Flathead
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87783, 45.31351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 80 N
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer A.H. French And G. W. French

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peter Antonioli And Son, Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner West. Mining And Exploration, Dillon, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • LAWSON (1973) REPORTS PROPERTY AS HAVING PRODUCED IN 1973 NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE STOPED (OVERHEAD) MOST OF LENGTH OF 450 FT. DRIFT. GEACH (1972) REPORTED 100 FT. SHAFT INACCESSABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 92.

  • Deposit

    1930 COMPILE M.B.M.G., BULL. 6, SHENON, P.J.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, GEACH, R.D.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 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.

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