1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Mcdonald Claim

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012858
MRDS ID D008840
Record type Site
Current site name Mcdonald Claim
Alternate or previous names Colin Mcdonald Property
Related records 10196788

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.89117, 45.29157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI NW OF ARGENTA., Within 500 Ft Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(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 006S 011W 24 CENTER OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT SO. OF LEGAL TENDER MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Donald Mcdonald
    First year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES CONFIDENTIAL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, PARTLY OPEN IN 1972.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 59.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 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.

Maps centered on this site