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Trapper Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10010822
MRDS ID D004808
Record type Site
Current site name Trapper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91478, 45.59601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 13 AIR MILES WSW OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tahepia(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 003S 011W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, SECTION 1 (UNSURVEYED)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS FROM 1897-1899 SHOW 67-118 OZ AG/TON, 1.8-8% PB, 0-1.2% CU, AND 1.4-8% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.91478, 45.59601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tear Faults, Drag Folds, Local Domal Structure.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dolomite Beds, Crests Of Drag Folds Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Discoverer Jerry Crotevant

Mining district

District name Hecla (Bryant) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leonard Lively
    Home office Melrose

Comments on the production information

  • MAIN PRODUCTION WAS 1873-1877. 400 TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED 1897-1899.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT WAS DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS AND TWO SHAFTS, 310 FT. AND 200 FT. DEEP. ALL ENTRANCES ARE CAVED.

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM ; ECON.COM: KNOWN DEPOSIT WAS DEPLETED BY 1877, VEINS, ARE CONTORTED AND OFFSET BY POST-MINERAL DEFORMATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 25, P. 79-82.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 118-120.

  • Deposit

    1948 COMPILE M.B.M.G. MEM. 25

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS CONCENTRATED IN A SHATTERED, THIN-BEDDED DOLOMITE BELOW AN IMPERVIOUS QUARTZITE CAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 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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