| Deposit ID | 10013610 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010005 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peabody Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | George Peabody |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.61917, 45.65417 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Relative position | 3.7 MI N 62 E OF MELROSE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 002S | 008W | 20 | CENTER OF N2 OF N2 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Result | SHIPPING ORE WAS AS RICH AS 70% PB, 50 OZ AG PER ST |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Meagher | ||||
| Rock description | Meagher | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -112.61917, 45.65417 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3.05M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1872 |
| District name | Melrose (Camp Creek) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010005 |
MBMG MEM 19, P. 34, 47
MINING TRUTH, V15, N19, P. 17-18.
| 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 |
| 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. |
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