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Sylvia Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123877
MRDS ID DC08954
MAS/MILS ID 0300010167
Record type Site
Current site name Sylvia Mine
Related records 10019183

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.89169, 45.3046 (WGS84)
Elevation 2115
Location accuracy 10(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

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 006 S 011 W 13 SESWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.89169, 45.3046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 0.6HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .6
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner George Elder
    ID 2400252
  • Type Unknown
    Owner George Fleming
    ID 2400252
  • Type Unknown
    Owner John Collins
    ID 2400252

Comments on the ownership information

  • IN 1962 THE SYLVIA DUMPS WERE OBTAINED BY RUDY NYGREN OF ARGENTA, MONTANA

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1937, 1941-43, 1948-50, 1954, AND 1963-64 AND AMOUNTED TO 545 TONS OF ORE, WHICH CONTAINED 229, 047 POUNDS OF P6, 5,393 POUNDS OF ZINC, 584 POUNDS OF CU, 6,757 OUNCES OF SILVER, AND 51 6 OUNCES OF GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEACH, 1972 MBMG 85, P. 62

  • Deposit

    NAMED MINE ON 7 1/2' QUAD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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