North Home Mine

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Barium-Barite, Manganese
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071362
MRDS ID W014703
Record type Site
Current site name North Home Mine
Related records 10148929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73503, 46.18046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1634
Relative position ABOUT 25 KM SOUTHWEST OF TOWNSEND AND ABOUT 10 KM WEST OF RADERSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radersburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 001W 16,21 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone;Quadrant Quartzite
    Rock description Madison Limestone;Quadrant Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.73503, 46.18046

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith, Lombard Overthrust. Radersburg Anticline To West Of District
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit On East Limb Of North-Trending Radersburg Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Length 100M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Is In North-Trending Zone Of Stocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Radersburg District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1880-1901 NOT RECORDED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • STRUCTURE DEVELOPED BY SINGLE COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, 1951, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 759

  • Production

    USBM IC 7592

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references