Edgerton Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102051
MRDS ID DC11837
Record type Site
Current site name Edgerton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32782, 45.69573 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2.25 AIR MILES WEST OF SILVER STAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Star(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)

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 002S 006W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SECTION 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Belt Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32782, 45.69573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 30 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE; PARTLY OXIDIZED SULFIDE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. And A. Barkell
    Home office Twin Bridges
    First year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY ADIT, SHAFT, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    TRAUERMAN, C.J., 1940, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 20, P. 66

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-23-1963

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 1

  • Production

    MBMG MEM. 20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED FISSURE DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO GREEN CAMPBELL MINE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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