Maynard Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101567
MRDS ID D004835
Record type Site
Current site name Maynard Mine
Alternate or previous names Shady Rest Lode
Related records 10245139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.30063, 45.60545 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 7.5 MILES EAST OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stewart Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 003S 014W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF THE NW 1/4, SECTION 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE OF VEIN ASSAYED 0.090 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.20 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lcret-Tert Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Lcret-Tert Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.30063, 45.60545

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioneer Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 63 NW
    Width 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Wisdom Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilke Brothers
    Home office Wisdom
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, BOTH CAVED AT PORTAL.

Comments on development

  • ARRASTRE BUILDING IS 200 FT. BELOW MINE WORKINGS. ; ECON.COM: REMOTE LOCATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 144

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 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