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Shoemaker Mine

Producer in Fergus county in Montana, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070459
MRDS ID W013402
Record type Site
Current site name Shoemaker Mine
Alternate or previous names Heath Mine
Related records 10269148

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26718, 46.99631 (WGS84)
Elevation 1340
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 15 KM SE FROM LEWISTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fergus(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heath(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Snowy Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roundup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Judith(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Fergus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 019E 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • THE SHOEMAKER MINE IS ON LEWISTOWN QUAD HEATH MINE IS ON HEATH QUAD HAULAGE FROM SHOEMAKER MINE IS THROUGH HEATH MINE NO PRODUCTION FROM HEATH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Ellis Formation Shale, Limestone
    Rock description Ellis Formation Shale, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26718, 46.99631
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Flank Of The Big Snowy Mts

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 3 NW
    Thickness 5M
    Depth to top 30M
    Depth to bottom 35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Lewistown Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner U.S. Gypsum Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD USED - ORE HAULED APPROXIMATELY 1500 M TO PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, E. S., 1949, GYPSUM, LIME, AND LIMESTONE IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 29, P. 6 - 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 BEDS OF GYPSUM ARE MINED - SEPARATED BY THIN SHALE BEDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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