Goldsmith Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069768
MRDS ID W007446
Record type Site
Current site name Goldsmith Mine
Related records 10135525

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87533, 45.28684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 1/2 MILE NW OF ARGENTA

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 30 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Argenta Stock
    Rock description Argenta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87533, 45.28684

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 70 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHENON INDICATES MARBLE STAINED BROWN NEAR ORE BODIES, PERHAPS HELP IN FUTURE PROSPECTING, GEACH REPORTS ORE IN CONTACT ZONE WITH STOCK AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer Thomas Judge And Thomas Fox

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Argenta Silver Development Co., Dillon, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldsmith Mining Corp., Dillon, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED 173,309 LB. OF LEAD AND 28,900 LB. OF ZINC. PRODUCTION YEARS 1926 - 1927 , 1930 , 1937 , 1942 - 1943 , 1949 , 1954 - 1959 , 1964 - 1965.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, SHALLOW INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 95.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6.

  • Production

    GEACH, R. D., 1972, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85.

General comments

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

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

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