Vindicator Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015837
MRDS ID DB02090
Record type Site
Current site name Vindicator Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28477, 46.37101 (WGS84)
Relative position 11.2 KM WNW OF BASIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N;007N 005W;006W 07;12 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S OF THE HEAD OF JACK CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28477, 46.37101

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones In Quartz Monzonite

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECONDARY ENRICHED ORES NEAR SURFACE ARE RICH IN AG AND PB, BUT PRIMARY SULFIDE ORES BELOW THIN OXIDATION ZONE ARE LOW GRADE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jesse G. Hawley
    Home office Box 117, Boulder, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, PITS, AND TRENCHES , UPPER ADIT ON THE NORTHERNMOST VEIN REOPENED IN 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, P. 177, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 105.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PARALLEL VEINS WHICH OCCUPY 3 PARALLEL FAULT ZONES THAT TREND N 75-80 W, DIP 65-80 N. EACH FAULT ZONE IS ABOUT 5 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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