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Monte Cristo Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102048
MRDS ID DC11809
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Mine
Related records 10244841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90339, 45.731 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 011W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4, SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90339, 45.731
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Limb, Quartz Hill Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 46 W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phil Scalabrin
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT SHAFT WITH ADJACENT STOPES TO THE SURFACE

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-22-1971

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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