High Ridge Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070496
MRDS ID W013453
Record type Site
Current site name High Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Hi-Ridge Mine, Highridge, Highridge Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19893, 45.54212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES, BY ROAD, FROM TWIN BRIDGES, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 003S 005W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SE 1/4, SECTION 27.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Brecciation, Gouge

Analytical data

Result THIRTEEN SAMPLE ASSAYS APPEAR IN BULLETIN 24.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Woolsey Formation, Shales & Sandstone;Pony Formation, Gneiss;Flathead Formation
    Rock description Woolsey Formation, Shales & Sandstone;Pony Formation, Gneiss;Flathead Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19893, 45.54212

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Local Faults Displace The Vein System

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW STRINGERS AND BUNCHES
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 75 E
    Length 213.36M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes, Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer O. Anderson

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Madison Highridge Co.
    Home office 2015 14th St., Billings, Mt
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Taylor And R. Broksle,
    Home office Twin Bridges, Mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1066.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 4 ADITS, AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL AND SEVERAL CUTS & PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972.

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, P. 157.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL LOCATIONS WERE MADE ON FLAT-LYING BEDDING PLANE VEIN AVERAGING 6 TO 12 INCHES WIDE. A FISSURE VEIN TRENDS N30E AND DIPS FROM 55E TO VERTICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 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