Cadgie Taylor Mine

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silica, Barium-Barite
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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071336
MRDS ID W014669
Record type Site
Current site name Cadgie Taylor Mine
Alternate or previous names Cadgie-Talor Lease
Related records 10294984

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27092, 46.34683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position ABOUT 3 KM NORTHEAST OF PHILIPSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1400 FT N 55 E OF THE HOPE DISCOVERY INCLINE, EAST SLOPE OF HOPE HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silica Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chlorargyrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Manganite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27092, 46.34683

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT-LYING, TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip EAST
    Plunge 15 N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 100M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of Fissures With Bedding Planes, Jefferson Limestone, Philipsburg Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE ON CREST AND EAST LIMB OF PHILIPSBURG ANTICLINE WHICH TRENDS ABOUT N 20 E AND PITCHES ABOUT 15 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe Meiesh
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Metesh,
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt., 59858

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED TO BE $40,000 IN SILVER. SILVER PRODUCTION ESTIMATED USING $0.8/TOZ FOR SILVER. 1960 MINED FOR AG AND SILICA FROM AN OPEN PIT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME LOW-GRADE SULFIDE ORE IS LIKELY TO BE FOUND DOWN-PLUNGE OF ANTICLINE

Comments on development

  • CADGIE-TALOR LEASE-OPERATED IN 1974 BY JAMES YOUNG, BOX 342, PHILIPSBURG, MT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 218.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 5

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 92, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1237, P. 30-1, PLATES.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 82, P. 7.

  • Production

    USGS PROF. PAP. 78. USGS BULL 1237.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE BODY OUT CROPS ON THE SURFACE AT SEVERAL PLACES AND FOLLOWS THE BEDDING OF THE LIMESTONE. THE ORE BODY IS LIKELY TO BE THICKEST AT THE CREST, BELOW THE SURFACE TO THE EAST THE MINERALIZED BED STRIKES N 22 E AND DIPS 15-34 E, IT IS FOLLOWED ALONG STRIKE FOR 230 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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