August Mine

Past Producer in Phillips county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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 10294627
MRDS ID W015578
MAS/MILS ID 0300710051
Record type Site
Current site name August Mine
Alternate or previous names Aug Gold
Related records 10071881

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.61388, 47.91963 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Phillips(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zortman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zortman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fort Peck Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Fort Peck Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Phillips

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025 N 024 E 15 NWNESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.61388, 47.91963

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pegausu Gold Corp.
    ID 2401150
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
  • Type Operator
    Owner Zortman And Landusky Mining Companies
    Home office Montana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1971, INFO TAKEN OFF ZORTMAN 7.5 MIN. QUAD.

  • Deposit

    MBM G MEM 20, 1940 P.89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-96 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 07/25/1988
MSHA mine ID2401150
Mine name (MSHA)Pegasus Gold Corp/Zortman Mng Inc-Landus
Current operatorPegasus Gold Corp
Current controller (parent)Apollo Gold Corporation
Mine typeSurface (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