Germania Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102059
MRDS ID DC11973
Record type Site
Current site name Germania Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45894, 45.60268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 7 AIR MILES NW OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Bridges SW(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 003S 007W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 3.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL CARRIES FROM 0.2 TO 1.0 OZ/TON AU. (SAHINEN, 1950)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45894, 45.60268

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 50 NE
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR SEVERAL GRANITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1910

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRIFTING AND STOPING WAS DONE FROM SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 46.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 131.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GERMANIA VEIN RANGES FROM LESS THAN 1 TO OVER 30 FT IN WIDTH AND BRANCHES TO AT LEAST SIX NARROW VEINS TO THE NORTHWEST.

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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