Peabody Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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. 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 10013610
MRDS ID D010005
Record type Site
Current site name Peabody Mine
Alternate or previous names George Peabody

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.61917, 45.65417 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3.7 MI N 62 E OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 008W 20 CENTER OF N2 OF N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
  • Political location for the record is Silver Bow county. Lat/long plot in Madison county, 160 m across the line. Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 45-39-15N 112-37-9W (45.65417 -112.61917); UTM N<blank> E<blank> Z<blank>; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 002S, RNG 008W, Sect 20, Sect_fract CENTER OF N2 OF N2. Lat/long was recalculated using WGS84 datum which moved the location 240 m N, bringing it into agreement with the PLSS coordinates and the county name.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SHIPPING ORE WAS AS RICH AS 70% PB, 50 OZ AG PER ST

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher
    Rock description Meagher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.61917, 45.65417

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872

Mining district

District name Melrose (Camp Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 34, 47

  • Deposit

    MINING TRUTH, V15, N19, P. 17-18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME ORE HORIZON AS CALVIN AND JACKRABBIT MINES. SOME ORE BODIES WERE AS MUCH AS 10 FT WIDE OF PURE GALENA
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 25-JUL-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.