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Virginia Gulch Mine

Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107277
MRDS ID W002865
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Gulch Mine
Alternate or previous names Stinson, Stimson
Related records 10124168

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9245, 45.31296 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 17 MILES NW OF DILLON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(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 006S 011W 14 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Amsden;Jefferson
    Rock description Amsden;Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9245, 45.31296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE SITUATED ON ZONE NORTHEAST TRENDING AND EASTWARD OVERTHRUSTING, AMSDEN FM. OVERRIDES JEFFERSON FM. - MINE WORKINGS REPORTED FEW FT. BELOW PROJECTED THRUST PLANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Langstaff, Kenneth
    Home office Dillon, Mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED BY R.D. GEACH, 1972, M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, IN 1961, 1963, FIGURES CONFIDENTIAL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • LAWSON (1973) LISTS PROPERTY STATUS AS DEVELOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 92.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G., GEACH, R.D., BULL. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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