Mapleton Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Stone
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294578
MAS/MILS ID 0300570375
Record type Site
Current site name Mapleton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.97196, 45.326 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
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

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 003 W 09 NENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Stone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.97196, 45.326

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Alder Gulch Trucking Co.
    ID 2401581
    Home office Pob 31, Virginia City, Mt 59755
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, 1937, P49, MAP.

  • Deposit

    USBM MRB REP 73, 1952, P A-20.

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 15, 1935, P51

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT JULY 1982

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-97 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 10/18/1982
MSHA mine ID2401581
Mine name (MSHA)Matleton Mine
Current operatorAlder Gulch Trucking Company
Current controller (parent)Scheitlin Edward E
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