Perhaps Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102011
MRDS ID DC11065
Record type Site
Current site name Perhaps Mine
Related records 10173325

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03504, 45.92684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 4 MI NE OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N;2N 003W;4W 18,13 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson Shale
    Rock description Greyson Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03504, 45.92684

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Bull Mtn. Block
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne And Nw Trending Faults And Folds.

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 85 S
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • 15 PRODUCTION YEARS

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS TRENDING E-W. SEVERAL SHAFTS AND TUNNELS WITH STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 117.

  • Deposit

    ALEXANDER, R.G., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE WHITEHALL AREA, MONTANA: YELLOWSTONE-BIGHORN RESEARCH PROJECT, CONTRIBUTION 195, 111 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, ALEC, E. 1966, STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DIST. JEFFERSON CO, MT: MONT. SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P.75

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-21-1961

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE MBMG BULLETIN 16

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON MT. SCHOOL OF MINES, LINDQUIST, A.E., M.S.

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16, P. 117

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 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.

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