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Bielenberg and Higgins Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10105642
MRDS ID W013452
Record type Site
Current site name Bielenberg and Higgins Mine
Alternate or previous names Pete and Joe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13254, 45.59073 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(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

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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 07,08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON WESTERN SLOPE OF APA MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Plug;Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Plug;Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pony Formation, Gneiss, & Schist
    Rock description Pony Formation, Gneiss, & Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13254, 45.59073
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND SHOOTS, TABULAR FISSURES
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 40 NW
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Fault And Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sylvan Dunegan And Partners
  • Type Owner
    Owner Inspiration Gold Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2743.2M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN B AND H TUNNEL IS 1200 FT LONG AND CONNECTS WITH THE PETE AND JOE WORKINGS 800 FT. FROM THE PORTAL. SEVERAL SHAFTS, LEVELS, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS AND A WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PETE AND JOE, PAIGE AND INCLINE VEINS AVERAGE 3 TO 5 FEET WIDE AND WERE IMPORTANT PRODUCERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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