Sharktown Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10101979
MRDS ID	DC09957
Record type	Site
Current site name	Sharktown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.27786, 46.33239 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	500(meters)
Relative position	0.4 KM S OF TOWER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Montana	Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Montana Principal	007N	013W	30		Montana

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Primary
Silver	Secondary

Alteration

(Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result	35% MN, 30% SI

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Rock unit name

Jefferson Limestone

Rock description

Jefferson Lst

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Red Lion through Flathead Formation: Red Lion, Pilgrim, Park, Meagher, Wolsey, and Flathead Formations; or Red Lion, Hasmark, Silver Hill, and Flathead Formations	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

Thickness 30.48M

Length 45.72M

Width 15.24M

Thickness	30.48M
Length	45.72M
Width	15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Workings at the site

Type of workings Surface/Underground

Length 121.92M

Type of workings	Surface/Underground
Length	121.92M

Comments on the workings information

TUNNEL, ADITS, DRIFTS, RAISES, STOPES, GLORY HOLE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	DC09957

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS BULL 725, P. 169.
Deposit

USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-57, PLATES.
Production

USGS BULL 725

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ABOUT 250 FT FROM PORTAL IS AN IRREGULAR BODY OF MN OXIDE. ANOTHER BODY 20 BY 60 FT IN CROSS SECTION IS EXPOSED BY A SHORT ADIT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAR-1974	Unknown	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-OCT-1981	Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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