Baltimore

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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 10245599
MAS/MILS ID 0300430269
Record type Site
Current site name Baltimore

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.15398, 46.286 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 N 004 W 07 NENESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.15398, 46.286

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N62E
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 1.8M
    Length 61M
    Area 36.8HA
    Depth to top 15M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N62E:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 36.8
    Date of Last Modification 980227

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Amazon

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monida S. Vaughn
    Interest 99
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Summit Silver Inc
    Home office Montana
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS P.P. 428, 1963, P.92, PL#1 &#1B, LCN.#89

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 31, 1950, P35

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 20, 1940, P35

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, 1960, P.38-39

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 842, 1933, P.292-293

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1998 Mcclernan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references