| 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: | -112.19893, 45.54212 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES, BY ROAD, FROM TWIN BRIDGES, MONTANA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003S | 005W | 27 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | THIRTEEN SAMPLE ASSAYS APPEAR IN BULLETIN 24. |
|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -112.19893, 45.54212 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Several Local Faults Displace The Vein System |
| General form | NARROW STRINGERS AND BUNCHES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 E |
| Dip | 75 E |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Width | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1880 |
| Discoverer | O. Anderson |
| District name | Tidal Wave District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1066.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013453 |
MBMG BULL 24.
WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, P. 157.
MBMG MEM 9, P. 37.
1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 24
| 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. |
| 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 |
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