Grubstake

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270124
MAS/MILS ID 0300570383
Record type Site
Current site name Grubstake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.64195, 45.5563 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 001 E 19 NESESE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.6 MILES EAST OF NORRIS ON HGHWY 289 & 2.8 MILES SOUTH TO MINE SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.64195, 45.5563

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. R. Mccombs, General Contractor
    ID 2401588
    Home office Montana
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-159.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 114.

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED JANUARY 1981.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THERE WERE NO DISCHARGING ADITS AT THE SITE. A DRY INTERMITTENT DRAINAGE WAS ON THE SITE. NO SURFACE WATER SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED, BUT SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. THERE WERE NO OBSERVED RELEASES TO DOWNSTREAM SEDIMENTS; HOWEVER, CYANIDE WAS DETECTED IN ONE DOWNSTREADM SEDIMENT SAMPLE. THERE WAS ONE OPEN SHAFT AT THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-94 Avery, Dale 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 04/23/1984
MSHA mine ID2401588
Mine name (MSHA)Grubstake Or Grubstake Mine & Mill
Current operatorResources America Inc
Current controller (parent)Van Zyl Bernard
Mine typeUnderground (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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External references