Hartley

Past Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148956
MRDS ID W014701
MAS/MILS ID 0300130035
Record type Site
Current site name Hartley
Related records 10105721

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.72894, 46.93801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1903
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 008 E 32 NWNENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Polybasite Unknown
Proustite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.72894, 46.93801

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 180M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N10E:50W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .9
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 1.7HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.7
    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
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Elkhorn Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Neihart Consolidated Silver Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER LIVES IN GREAT FALLS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AG & PB GRADES IN MATRIX FROM 700,PROD. STATS; ZN GRADE ESTIMATED. RESOURCE QUANTITIES ARE ESTIMATES BY EVALUATOR SEE BACK UP FILE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 13, 1935, P. 42-44.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 20, 1940, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, 1950, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, 1951, P. 26-27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUL-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references