Castle Mountain

Past Producer in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400180
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68083, 46.46991 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(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 Meagher

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Cerrusite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68083, 46.46991

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1888
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name CASTLE MOUNTAIN

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Period 1888-1961
    Material ore
    Ore mined 27000mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 14mt
    Major AG Silver Silver 132mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R.N., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), MEAGHER COUNTY, MONTANA: USBM INF. CIRC. 7540

Beyond USGS

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