Vermont Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102026
MRDS ID DC11334
Record type Site
Current site name Vermont Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5981, 45.50823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 20 AIR MILES NORTH OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 008W 09,04 NW OF NE (09); S2 OF S2 (04) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Kootenai
    Rock description Kootenai
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5981, 45.50823

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mccartney Mountain Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1924-1928

Mining district

District name Mccartney Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. G. Sypher
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS INCLUDE 1917, 1924-1929, AND 1935.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 195.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • 640-FT. ADIT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS (CAVED, 1935), DRIFTS, AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 15, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-03-1961

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. MEM. 31

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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