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Spuhler Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013395
MRDS ID D009663
Record type Site
Current site name Spuhler Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10031, 45.55934 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 8.5 AIR MILES NE OF SHERIDAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 21 CENTER Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI N60E OF LEITERVILLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge Seams Parallel Vein

Analytical data

Result ORE SMAPLE RAN 1.5 OZ/TON AU, 3 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10031, 45.55934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FINE-GRAINED GREY PORPHYRY FLOAT NEAR WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lee Mining Co.
    Home office Sheridan, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER ADIT STOPED TO SURFACE, (CAVED 20 FT IN, 1981) TRENDS N50E,45. LOWER ADIT DRIFT IS 75 FT LONG, 35 FT VERT. BELOW UPPER ADIT. 3RD ADIT TO NE IS CAVED.

Comments on development

  • MILL, ROADS BUILT IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEARSON, ROBERT C., USGS, 1981, FIELD INSPECTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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