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Faithful Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102066
MRDS ID DC12075
Record type Site
Current site name Faithful Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Faithful, Julian Wegener
Related records 10269337

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.94673, 45.69017 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 7 AIR MILES SOUTH OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 011W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WRONG NAME ON VIPOND PARK (1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.28% CU, 2.35% PB, 1.3% ZN, 6.30 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.020 OZ AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Series
    Rock description Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.94673, 45.69017
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Country Rock Trends N60w, 55sw, Nw Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 87 NW
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 15-40 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Helen J. Browne

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS-1937, 1941-43, 1959.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL, TWO-COMPARTMENT SHAFT, INACCESSIBLE IN 1972.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    DMEA REPORTS

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-13-1963

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

  • Deposit

    DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ASSOCIATION FILE 2254.

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENTICULAR, MASSIVE TO HONEYCOMBED QUARTZ VEIN IS 50-FT. WIDE AT THE FAITHFUL SHAFT AND 8-12 FT. WIDE TO THE NE AND SW.

Reporter information

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