Tacoma

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196740
MAS/MILS ID 0300430110
Record type Site
Current site name Tacoma

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.96307, 46.2327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1823
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tacoma Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 N 003 W 34 SWNWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.96307, 46.2327

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-107.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 1960,

  • Deposit

    P. 64, ROBY-ETAL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO MILL TAILINGS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. NO DISCHARGING ADITS, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS WERE IDENTIFIED. AN UNNAMED, MINOR, INTERMITTENT DRAINAGE (DRY AT THE TIME OF THE INVESTIGATION) WAS SITUATED THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SITE; HOWEVER, NO SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. SEVEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OPEN (OR PARTIALLY OPEN) ADITS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-94 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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