Missouri-McKee Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, 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 10197654
MRDS ID W013449
MAS/MILS ID 0300570180
Record type Site
Current site name Missouri-McKee Mine
Alternate or previous names Missouri-McKee and Snowslide Mines, Missouri
Related records 10070494

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.90146, 45.4588 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramshorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004 S 002 W 30 SWSWSW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 29, S2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.90146, 45.4588

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-192.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6972, 1937, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, 1950, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. IC 20, 1957, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 49, 1966, P. 25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO DISCHARGING ADITS, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. SOUTH MEADOW CREEK WAS FLOWING ADJACENT TO THE SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SURFACE WATER AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SITE IN SOUTH MEADOW CREEK. OBSERVED RELEASES TO SOUTH MEADOW CREEK (SEDIMENT) WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC AND LEAD. TWO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS OPEN ADITS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-DEC-94 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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