California

Past Producer in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Manganese, 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. 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 10221858
MAS/MILS ID 0300590022
Record type Site
Current site name California
Alternate or previous names California-Hendricks

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.67023, 46.47631 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(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 Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 008 E 01 SESESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.67023, 46.47631

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 160M
    Width 3M
    Area 3HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N20W:60E
    Minimum Depth to Top 3
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1889

Mining district

District name Castle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruth Blumer
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEAGHER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7540, 1950

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references