Montpark Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094801
MRDS ID DC09928
Record type Site
Current site name Montpark Mine
Alternate or previous names Gypsy Queen, Pitman

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05508, 46.38211 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position BETWEEN SUMMIT OF GOAT MT. AND THOMPSON LAKE, FLAT BENCH BETWEEN 2 GLACIAL CIRQUES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 012W 01,12 SW (01); NW (12) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASS. #9: 0.19% WO
Result 0.55% CU
Result 0.01 OZ AU
Result 0.76 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock
    Rock description Royal Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05508, 46.38211

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vertical Fault Displaces Tactite 600 Ft N

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip S
    Length 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Madison Lst-Granite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gypsy Queen Mining Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hartley Pitman
    Home office Deer Lodge, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, SHAFS, INCLINES, ADIT ALL CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 6334, P. 5, 18, 19.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 14, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-30-1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE DISSEMINATED IN SMALL CLUSTERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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