Dacotah Mine

Past Producer in Cascade 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10293946
MRDS ID M060837
MAS/MILS ID 0300130071
Record type Site
Current site name Dacotah Mine
Related records 10042801

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.72414, 46.94551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 008 E 28 NWNWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.72414, 46.94551

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 1.5M
    Length 61M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30E:60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 2.8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.8
    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
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Neihart Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monarch Co., Inc.
    Interest 99
    Home office Montana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-39.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 82, 1970.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 20TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 432-433.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THERE WERE NO TAILINGS ON SITE. THERE WAS ONE DISCHARGING ADIT WHICH ENTERED BELT CREEK. MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED FOR CADMIUM, NICKEL, AND ANTIMONY IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. BELT CREEK FLOWED IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE SITE. OBSERVED RELEASES TO BELT CREEK WERE DOCUMENTED FOR CADMIUM, COPPER, IRON, MANGANESE, NICKEL, LEAD, AND ZINC. THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL FOR NICKEL WAS EXCEEDED IN THE DOWNSTREAM SAMPLE, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SITE. THERE WAS ONE OPEN ADIT, NUMEROUS HAZARDOUS STRUCTURES, AND HIGHWALLS ON SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-94 Mcclernan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references