Ermont Group

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123594
MAS/MILS ID 0300010148
Record type Site
Current site name Ermont Group
Alternate or previous names West Ermont 0300010115, Ermont No 2 Mine 0300010386, Ermont No 19 Mine 0300010387

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.91919, 45.2682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 011 W 35 E2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.91919, 45.2682

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Ermont/Argenta

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wellborn Family
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1998
    First year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 85, 1972, P48

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 15, 1935, P3

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 6, 1931, P69-70

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC 858-1, P A79.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 12/14/83, VOL 95, #50 P1.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 10/14/87, VOL 98, #41 P3.

  • Deposit

    MBMG 206, 1988, MINING AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MONTANA

  • Deposit

    1988, PP. 9, 10

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, 05/15/89, V 78, #15, P11.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 06/02/89, V. 312 #8022, P424.

  • Deposit

    SKILLING'S MINING REVIEW, 06/03/89, P17.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, 07/1989, V 190, #7, P73.

  • Deposit

    MBMG 223, 1989, MINING AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN MONTANA

  • Deposit

    1989, PP. 15, 17.

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 90-0241, D. FRISHMAN, 05/10/90, P16.

  • Deposit

    MBMG 236, 1990, MINING AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MONTANA

  • Deposit

    1990, PP. 19, 20.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990/91, P179.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULT. 130, 1992, MONTANA MINING DIRECTORY-1991, P82.

  • Deposit

    MBMG 241, 1991, MINING AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MONTANA

  • Deposit

    1991, PP. 20, 21.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY FILE COVERS MAS PROPERTIES: 0300010115; WEST ERMONT 0300010338; ERMONT NO 2 MINE 0300010387; ERMONT NO 19 MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.