Spire Rock Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094584
MRDS ID D009658
Record type Site
Current site name Spire Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28894, 45.95351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756
Relative position 10.5 AIRE MILES NW OF WHITEHALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 006W 01 CENTER OF E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON SE SLOPE OF SPIRE ROCK (6030). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO MINERALIZATION SEEN DURING FIELD INSPECTION (1981).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28894, 45.95351

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT. ADIT, TRENDING N70W.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, ROBERT C., USGS, 1981, FIELD INSPECTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 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