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Yellowstone Mine

Past Producer in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070481
MRDS ID W013431
Record type Site
Current site name Yellowstone Mine
Related records 10135590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68555, 46.47435 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 008E 11 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dacite Porphyry Sills;Castle Stock, Granite
    Rock description Dacite Porphyry Sills;Castle Stock, Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pilgrim Formation, Limestone;Park Formation, Shale
    Rock description Pilgrim Formation, Limestone;Park Formation, Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68555, 46.47435
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Oreshoots En Echelon Along Contact Of Dacite Porphyry Sill & Pilgrim Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Castle Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. Voldsdeth, Hamilton Mines, Inc., Martinsdale, Mt, 59053
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Voldsdeth, Hamilton Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • METAL CONTENT OF ORE UNKNOWN. PROD. YEARS 1886 - 1893 , 1926 - 1927 & 1946

Comments on the workings information

  • LAWSON LISTS PROPERTY AS PRODUCED.

Comments on development

  • THE FIRST SMELTER ERECTED IN THE DISTRICT, THE HENSLEY SMELTER, WAS BUILT TO TREAT ORE FROM THIS MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINTERS, A. S., 1968, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CASTLE MTN. MINING DISTRICT MEAGHER CO., MT., M.B.M.G. BULL. 64.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTEPRISES FOR 1974, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 95.

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R. N., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS, MEAGHER CO., MT. U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7540.

  • Production

    ROBY, 1950, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7540.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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