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Monument Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105640
MRDS ID W013445
Record type Site
Current site name Monument Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32257, 45.00017 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 24 MILES WEST OF ARMSTEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coyote Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(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 010S 014W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, SECTION 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32257, 45.00017
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monument (Bloody Dick, Beaverhead) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monument Copper Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1908 , 1917
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.9 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 60g/mt
  • Year 1917
    Period 1908 , 1917
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 4wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Period 1908 , 1917
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.02 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 1g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 45 ST ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 100 M SHAFT, (CAVED AT THE COLLAR IN 1972) AND A LOWER ADIT DRIVEN TOWARD THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT WAS SUNK IN EARLY 1900'S AND A SMALL TRIAL SHIPMENT WAS MADE IN 1908.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85

  • Production

    GEACH, 1972, MBMG BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF MONUMENT, MONUMENT EXTENSION, GREEN MOUNTAIN, WELCOME, DAISY, EUGENE, AND ALPS, ALL PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-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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