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Red Pine Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107298
MRDS ID W013450
Record type Site
Current site name Red Pine Mine
Related records 10255815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08447, 45.52157 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 8 1/2 MILES, BY ROAD, FROM SHERIDAN, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 004S 004W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH/2 OF NW/4 OF SECTION 3.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08447, 45.52157
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned, Isoclinal Folds Plunge N 10 W, 24 Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, NARROW QUARTZ VEINS
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 50 W
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Shoots Follow Limestone Members Where Cut By Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Indian Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shermont Mining Co.
    Home office Sheridan, MT 59749
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shermont Mining Co.
    Home office Sheridan, MT 59749

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 701.04M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT CROSSCUT ADIT, 500 FT. OF DRIFTING WITH STOPES, AND A 75.-FT. WINZES. THE LOWER WORKINGS (400 FT. BELOW UPPER ADIT) CONSIST OF A 1,700-FT CROSSCUT ADIT AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974, MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85.

  • Deposit

    BURGER, R.H., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON, CO., MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 41, P. 21 GILBERT, F.C., DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM. 15, P. 53.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO 100-FT. ORE-SHOOTS WERE STOPED ON MAIN LEVEL. A 4-FT WIDE VEIN WAS FOUND IN LOWER ADIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusNonProducing since 01/19/2026
MSHA mine ID2400701
Mine name (MSHA)Red Pine Mine
Current operatorRed Pine LLC
Current controller (parent)Gold Express Mines Inc; Yellow Band Operating LLC
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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