Park Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10010818
MRDS ID D004803
Record type Site
Current site name Park Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.0484, 45.48322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 1.5 MILES NORTH OF COMET MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(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 004S 012W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SO. 1/2, SECTION 14.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.0484, 45.48322

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioneer Batholith, Comet Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 75 NW
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With Aplite Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNGSTEN MINERALS REPORTED IN ORE FROM PARK MINE BUT NOT VERIFIED DUE TO CAVED WORKINGS (PATTEE, 1960)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874

Mining district

District name Elkhorn District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bruce Risley, Et Al.
    Home office Dillon, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A GROUP OF FOUR NW TRENDING ADITS, AND SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A.N., 1914, MINING DISTRICTS-DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 574, P. 170.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 107.

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E.C., 1960, TUNGSTEN RES. WESTERN MT.-MT. TORREY BATHOLITH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. OF INV. 5552, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ON PARK MINE REPORTEDLY RANGE FROM 5 TO 50 FEET WIDE. GEACH REPORTS VEIN IS 15 FT. WIDE IN CROSSCUT ADIT JUST BELOW SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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.

External references