Sutter Mine

Past Producer in Fergus county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123653
MAS/MILS ID 0300270033
Record type Site
Current site name Sutter Mine
Alternate or previous names Sutter and Dixie Fraction, Hamilton-Sutter

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.2214, 47.23632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fergus(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Judith Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fort Peck Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(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 Fergus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017 N 020 E 17 NESENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.2214, 47.23632

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 396M
    Width 15M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 800818

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1916

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Goll
    Interest 50
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs John Wagner
    Interest 50
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERAL DEP, FERGUS CO ROBERTSON USBM IC-7544 19

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILES USBM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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