Hughesville Project

Past Producer in Judith Basin county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196422
MAS/MILS ID 0300450106
Record type Site
Current site name Hughesville Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.63274, 47.08321 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Judith Basin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Barker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belt(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Great Falls(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 Judith Basin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015 N 009 E Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.63274, 47.08321

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barker Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    ID 2401726
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1983
    First year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JAN-1998 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/26/1984
MSHA mine ID2401726
Mine name (MSHA)Hughesville Joint Venture
Current operatorHecla Mining Company
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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