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Topeka Mine

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013628
MRDS ID D010030
Record type Site
Current site name Topeka Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1842, 45.55268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI N 85 E OF TWIN BRIDGES., Within 2000 Ft Radius., Within 2000 Ft Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 005W 26,23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • VICINITY OF CENTER OF SECT. LINE BETWEEN SECTS. 23 AND 26. LAND STATUS DEPENDS ON ESTABLISHING LOCATION MORE ACCURATELY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1842, 45.55268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 156.

  • Deposit

    MINRES US, 1909, 10, 14, 33.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHIPPED AU ORE OF SMELTING GRADE IN 1909, 10, 14, AND 33. (MIN RES US) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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