Missouri-McKee Group

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070494
MRDS ID W013449
Record type Site
Current site name Missouri-McKee Group
Alternate or previous names McKee Claim
Related records 10197654

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.88308, 45.45351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES, NNE OF VIRGINIA CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramshorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 002W 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NORTH SLOPE OF SOUTH MEADOW CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Formation, Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Formation, Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gneiss and amphibolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Synclines Resultant From Minor Folding Of Andesite And Gneiss

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-LYING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Generally Follow Contact Between Andesite And Gneiss - Ore Shoots Generally Occur In Synclines

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS ARE ON THE ANDESITE SILL GNEISS CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Norris Region-Washington Dist.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Denny, H.
    Home office Mc Allister, Mt

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period 1905-1935
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 2.9 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 82g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRIOR TO 1936, MINE WAS LARGEST PRODUCER IN THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS EQUIPTED WITH 30 TON CYANIDE PLANT & COMPRESSOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, SCHAFER, & HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISANCE - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9. , P. 55.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MTS., U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

  • Production

    LORAIN, P. 48.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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