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Sandstrom Mine

Past Producer in Madison 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013595
MRDS ID D009984
Record type Site
Current site name Sandstrom Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08725, 45.45212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 5.2 MI E OF SHERIDAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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 004S 004W 27 SE OF SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08725, 45.45212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Horse Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sandstrom
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEVANDOWSKI, D.W. 1956, PHD, UNIV OF MICH

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HONEYCOMBED LIMONITOC QUARTZ FROM MARBLE-GNEISS CONTACT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 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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