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Larrigon Mine

Producer in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010271
MRDS ID D003863
Record type Site
Current site name Larrigon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.18065, 45.61655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 30 MILES SOUTH OF DARBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 021W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF HUGHES CREEK, 1/2 MILE UP TAYLOR CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensively Fractured Quartzite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.18065, 45.61655
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hughes Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner G. W. Berggeren

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINE AND A MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 8 , P. 51 .

  • Deposit

    BERG, B. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN MOST RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEM 44 P. 34 .

  • Deposit

    1957 COMPILE MBMG., BULL 8

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON MBMG, MEM 44

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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