Elizabeth Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015893
MRDS ID DB02172
Record type Site
Current site name Elizabeth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.07005, 46.68101 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE SCRATCHGRAVEL HILLS ABOUT .5 MILE WEST OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 004W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.2 KM NE OF SCRATCHGRAVEL HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Mimetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    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) Granitic rock

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Strike Faults Dipping Northeastward

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTHWEST
    Dip 25 SW
    Length 804.65M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Scratchgravel Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Moratt

Comments on the production information

  • ORE YIELDED $5.50/TON AU, ASSAYED AT $11.50/TON AU, SO LESS THAN 50% RECOVERY. ORE IN ADJACENT SILVER LEAD VEIN SAID TO ASSAY AT $35/TON AG, PB

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS, INCLINES. WORKINGS BELOW 120 FT. FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER STAINED ORE CONTAINS MORE AU.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/05/2021
MSHA mine ID2402760
Mine name (MSHA)Elizabeth Mine
Current operatorEden Mining & Reclamation Corp, Inc.
Current controller (parent)ABK Holdings Corporation
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1084 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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