| Deposit ID | 10069768 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007446 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Goldsmith Mine |
| Related records | 10135525 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.87533, 45.28684 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1905 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE NW OF ARGENTA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006S | 010W | 30 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Argenta Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Argenta Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Madison |
| Rock description | Madison |
| (1) | -112.87533, 45.28684 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 80 W |
| Dip | 70 N |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1887 |
| Discoverer | Thomas Judge And Thomas Fox |
| District name | Argenta District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Argenta Silver Development Co., Dillon, Mt. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Goldsmith Mining Corp., Dillon, Mt. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 60M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007446 |
MBMG BULL 95.
MBMG BULL 85.
MBMG BULL 6.
GEACH, R. D., 1972, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S |
| 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 |
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