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Faithful Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269337
MRDS ID DC12075
MAS/MILS ID 0300010049
Record type Site
Current site name Faithful Mine
Alternate or previous names The Faithful Mine, Old Faithful, Julian Wegener Mine
Related records 10102066

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.9478, 45.69209 (WGS84)
Elevation 2344
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

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002 S 011 W 03 NWNWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.9478, 45.69209
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 87W
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Strike And Dip N35E:87W
    Date of Last Modification 790726
  • Area 2.2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vipond

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner L. Lively
    Home office Montana
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Jim Arnoldi
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978
  • Type Unknown
    Owner William Beete Mineral Rights Inc.
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY IS 268 TONS OF ORE, WHICH CONTAINED 3 OUNCES OF GOLD, 1,569 OUNCES OF SILVER, 507 POUNDS OF COPPER, AND 2,800 POUNDS OF LEAD. THIS WAS PRODUCED IN 1937, 1941-43 AND 1959.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1972, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN, O., 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD:

  • Deposit

    M.A. THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIV., BOZEMAN, MT, 310 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-APR-94 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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