Mcdonald Mine & Mill

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245508
MAS/MILS ID 0300390424
Record type Site
Current site name Mcdonald Mine & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.46342, 46.18599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potato Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 015 W 15 SESENW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: 13 MI. SW OF PHILIPSBURG ON ROCK ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Gravel

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Donald And Heisdorf Mining And Milling
    ID 2401638
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT. DATED NOV. 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 07/21/1992
MSHA mine ID2401638
Mine name (MSHA)Mc Donald Mill
Current operatorMc Donald Mining & Milling
Current controller (parent)Mc Donald John W (Pat)
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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