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Carbonate Mine

Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069770
MRDS ID W007449
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88117, 45.31184 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 17 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

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) -112.88117, 45.31184
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 70 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Phil M. Brown
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Peter Antonioli And Son, Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining And Exploration Co.
    Home office Dillon, Mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION INCLUDES 611 LB. OF ZINC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27M

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.

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.

External references

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