Red Lion Mine

Past Producer in Granite 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069757
MRDS ID W007430
Record type Site
Current site name Red Lion Mine
Related records 10124037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.1823, 46.28489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2457
Relative position 1.2MI SE OF RED LION MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fred Burr Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 013W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BUILDINGS MARKED RED LION MINE ON MAP ARE MILLSITE. MINE IS ABOUT 1 KM NE OF MILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $5-$20 IN AU (1905)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.1823, 46.28489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50E
    Dip 77SE
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Phillipsburg Batholith; Northeastward - Trending Folds And Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • NODULAR MASS OF IRON OXIDE CONTAINING PYRITE CENTER. PSEUDOMORPHS OF HEMATITE REPLACING PYRITE. THE MINE IS 2000 FT S OF THE BORDER OF THE PHILIPSBURG BATHOLITH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY BETWEEN 1000 AND 4000 OZ OF AG PRODUCED AS WELL AS AU PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 55M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED THROUGH TWO SHAFTS ABOUT 350 FEET APART BOTH ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 38, 42-44.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 238-39, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 27, 29.

  • Deposit

    1906 GEOLMAP EMMONS AND CALKINS

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP MBMG F. N. EARLL

  • Production

    USGS PP 78. , MBMG BULL 84,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references