Mcconnell Wellman Group

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101565
MRDS ID D004825
Record type Site
Current site name Mcconnell Wellman Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08146, 45.44711 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1.5 MILES EAST OF ELKHORN SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 012W 33,34,27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 11 CLAIMS ON DIVIDE BETWEEN WELLMAN AND DINGLEY CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result A SORTED SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.05% CU, 5.30% PB, 2.70% ZN, 5.0 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.020 OZ AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioneer Batholith, Comet Fault

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW SEAMS
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elkhorn District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanley Fitzwater And Others

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, SOME AS LONG AS THE 3200 FT. ADIT ON THE W.M.C. CLAIM.

Comments on development

  • ELEVEN PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES ARE IN PLANES OF MOVEMENT AND ARE CROSSED BY LATER FAULTS. SOME SEAMS ARE FLAT AND DIP GENTLY TO THE WEST; OTHERS ARE NEARLY VERTICAL AND STRIKE ABOUT EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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