Ingersoll Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101969
MRDS ID DC09077
Record type Site
Current site name Ingersoll Group
Alternate or previous names Ingersol

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95645, 45.17323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 2.0 AIR MILES NE OF BANNACK

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S;007S 011W;011W 04,33 NW OF NE Montana

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BROMYRITE (SILVER BROMIDE) REPORTED BUT NOT PROVED POSITIVELY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bromyrite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE MATERIAL ASSAYED 0.02 OZ AU/TON, 8.7 OZ AG/TON, 0.30% CU, 7.75% PB, AND 5.60% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95645, 45.17323

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MADISON LIMESTONE HAS BEEN THRUST OVER TERTIARY ANDESITE IN THIS AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Blue Wing District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Kennedy
    Home office 2503 34th, Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1972

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1918-1941
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^24 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 678g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • EARLY PRODUCTION WAS FROM OPEN CUTS AND ADITS. IN 1912 P. LONERGRAN SANK A 200-FT. WINZE INTO GRANODIORITE. A 150-FT. ADIT, DRIVEN IN GOUGE, CONNECTS THE WINZE WITH THE SURFACE

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THE BOB INGERSOLL, COLONEL INGERSOLL, AND THE CONTRACT, PATENTED CLAIMS. THE PATENTED SILVER ROSE, OWNED BY MRS. M.E. MATHEWS, IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 4

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    BERGER, B.R., AND OTHERS, GEOCHEM. RECON. OF MIN. DISTRICTS, SO. PIONEER MTNS., MONT: U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPT. 79-1426, P. 13

  • Deposit

    1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON BERGER, B.R., AND OTHERS, U.S.G.S. O.F. 79-1426

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, M.B.M.G. MEM. 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNER REPORTS DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1970, BUT INACTIVE IN 1976. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

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

Beyond USGS

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