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Spanish Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101965
MRDS ID DC08949
Record type Site
Current site name Spanish Mine
Related records 10281397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89089, 45.29573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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 006S 011W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 300 FT NE OF THE LEGAL TENDER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.89089, 45.29573
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 45 W Trending Vertical Faults, Limestone Trends N 30 E, 48s.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR ORE SHOOTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co., G.L. Dixon

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKING IS AN OLD SHAFT. TWO SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS SOUTHWEST OF THE SHAFT SEARCHED FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LEGAL TENDER ORE BODY.

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 61.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE APPEARS TO BE ALONG SAME BED AS THE LEGAL TENDER ORE SHOOT, BUT IT HAS BEEN OFFSET 50 - FT. TO THE WEST BY N 60 W TRENDING FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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