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Red Rock Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014522
MRDS ID D011334
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08257, 45.45822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.3 MI N80E OF ELKHORN SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 012W 28 SE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.08257, 45.45822
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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 Elkhorn District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • 1906 PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 105

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 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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