Mueller Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  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 10102053
MRDS ID DC11888
Record type Site
Current site name Mueller Mine
Alternate or previous names Muellor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58644, 45.52073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2198
Relative position 21 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 008W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES EAST OF MCCARTNEY MTN. SUMMIT. NW 1/4, SECTION 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58644, 45.52073

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mccartney Mtn. Stock

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Production years 1893-1913

Mining district

District name Mccartney Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sam Bear Gold Co. (Dale Brothers)
    Home office Twin Bridges
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Mueller And Sons
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 800-FT ADIT LEVEL, ABOVE WHICH ARE EXTENSIVE STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHARDS, R.W., AND PARDEE, J.T., 1925, THE MELROSE PHOSPHATE FIELD, MONT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 780-A,P. 31.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D.C., 1977, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1976: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 103, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-26-1963

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP J.T. PARDEE, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 780-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL DEFINED VEIN STRIKES N 10-60 E. OXIDIZED SURFACE PRODUCTS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN RICH.

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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