| Deposit ID | 10101967 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC09007 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pomeroy Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Brick Pomeroy, Silver Buckle, Silver Belt |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.967, 45.19879 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2048 |
| Relative position | 3.0 MILES NNE OF BANNACK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bannack(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 007S | 011W | 28 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS GOUGE ASSAYED 0.003 OZ AU/TON, 1.25 OZ AG/TON, 0.20% PB, AND 0.40% ZN. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Madison | ||||
| Rock description | Madison | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.967, 45.19879 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Limestone Trends N30w, 25 Ne. Possibly Two N Trending Faults. |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 80 E |
| Dip | 60 N |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Year of first production | 1865 |
| Production years | 1870'S |
| District name | Blue Wing District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Spokane National Mines, Inc. |
| First year | 1967 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC09007 |
MBMG BULL 6, P. 37.
USGS MGI I-433
BERGER, B.R., AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOCHEM. RECON.-MINING DISTRICTS OF SO. PIONEER MTNS., MONT: U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1426, P. 13.
MBMG BULL 85, P. 103.
1931 GEOLMAP M.B.M.G. BULL. 6
1965 GEOLMAP LOWELL, W.R., U.S.G.S. MAP I-433
1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
1979 RECON BERGER, B.R., U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE 79-1426
M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WELL-DEFINED VEINS IN BLUISH-WHITE LIMESTONE. POSITION OF WORKINGS INDICATES VEIN WAS OFFSET BY TWO NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS WITH LEFT-LATERAL APPARENT DISPLACEMENT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1860'S |
| 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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