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Sir Walter Scott Group

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019858
MRDS ID DC11725
Record type Site
Current site name Sir Walter Scott Group
Alternate or previous names Argenta Mining Co.
Related records 10124097

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87728, 45.28046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 30 SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Argenta Stock
    Rock description Argenta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mission Canyon
    Rock description Mission Canyon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87728, 45.28046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Argenta Stock

Ore body information

  • General form PIPES, VEINS
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MUCH OF LIMESTONE IS COVERED BY BENCH GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. V. Elder, Others
    Home office Argenta
    First year 1972

Comments on the production information

  • ABOVE FIGURES ARE FOR SIR WALTER SCOTT MINE. AMARANTH MINE PRODUCED 1 TON OF ORE IN 1960, CONTAINING 200 LB, PB, AND 8 OZ. AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIR WALTER SCOTT IS DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, 60 AND 180 FT LONG. AMARANTH CLAIM CONSISTS OF AN INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 60 FEET ON A NARROW, NEAR VERTICAL VEIN.

Comments on development

  • GROUP COMPRISES THE SIR WALTER SCOTT, THISTLE, ROBERT BURNS, HUNTER, AND AMARANTH CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINES ARE ALONG WEST CONTACT WITH ARGENTA STOCK. NORTH TRENDING VEINS RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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