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Towsley Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098051
MRDS ID DC09681
Record type Site
Current site name Towsley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36395, 46.74073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.7 KM WSW OF MARVSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 006W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.2 KM NNE OF ROUNDTOP MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE OF $10-50/TON IN AU OR PB, ZN AND AG (1900)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Empire Shale
    Rock description Empire Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.36395, 46.74073
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Marysville Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, THE VEIN IS PENETRATED BY THE NILE CROSSCUT AT A DEPTH OF 140 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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