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Great Western Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010834
MRDS ID D004826
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Mine
Related records 10196378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90228, 45.71878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 5.5 AIR MILES SSE OF WISE RIVER

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 25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SE 1/4, SECTION 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

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) -112.90228, 45.71878
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Hill Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 90

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 Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 16.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 54-FT DEEP, AND 200-FT. OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINE IS ON PATENTED GROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, H., 1941, M.S. THESIS, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI. AND TECH., P. 43-4.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH GRADE REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT WAS MINED AT THE DOLOMITE-SHALE CONTACT, AND ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM A CONTACT-CUTTING FISSURE VEIN.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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