Drumlummon Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Beryllium, Gold, Lead, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294321
MRDS ID W015559
MAS/MILS ID 0300490043
Record type Site
Current site name Drumlummon Mine
Alternate or previous names Marysville Mine, Marysville Project 0300490425, Drumlummon, St. Louis-Drumlummon
Related records 10071872

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.29669, 46.7474 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012 N 006 W 36 SENESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.29669, 46.7474

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Towndrown / Goldsil Mining And Milling Inc.
    ID 2401079
    Home office Montana
    Year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 842, 1933, P. 69-70.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, JUNE 1945, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INFO. CIRC. 20, 1957, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 318, 1959, P. 152-153.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 7148, 1968, P. 161.

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMICS GROUP 1983 "GUIDE TO NEW MINE DEVELOPMENT-

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES: 1983, VOL. 1, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    METALS ECONOMINC GROUP 1983 "GOLD PROJECTS IN THE UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES: 1983, VOL. 1, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORIES; 1990/91; P 179: 1993/94; P 232

  • Deposit

    1994/95; P 290.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH BERYLIUM FOUND IN WASTE FROM DRUMLUMMON VEIN,USGS PP318

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. 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 08/28/2014
MSHA mine ID2401079
Mine name (MSHA)Drumlummon Mine
Current operatorDrumlummon Gold Corporation
Current controller (parent)U S Silver & Gold Inc
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