Ground Hog Mine

Plant in Beaverhead 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245331
MRDS ID W002866
MAS/MILS ID 0300010099
Record type Site
Current site name Ground Hog Mine
Alternate or previous names Groundhog Mine
Related records 10069278

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.87779, 45.3082 (WGS84)
Elevation 2079
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 010 W 18 SENESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.87779, 45.3082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Agglomeration

Comments on exploration

  • IN 1990 SOME EXPLORATION WAS DONE ON THE MINE WASTE DUMPS OF THE GOLDEN ERA MINE, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR THIS MINE AND IS POSSIBLY INCLUDED IN THE SAME PROPERTY AREA. GOLDEN ERA MINE MAS SEQ# 0300030152

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hand, William M.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 100, 1976, P3

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 15, 1935, P4

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,

  • Deposit

    NAMED MINE ON 7.5' QUAD.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 85, P. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-1998 Avery, Dale U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references