Dixie Group

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019112
MRDS ID DC08629
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.37926, 46.84433 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.2KM NE OF COLOMA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 014W 33 W2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF A S TRIBUTARY OF MCGINNIS CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $100-300/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Garnet Stock
    Rock description Garnet Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) -113.37926, 46.84433

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Garnet Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 22SE
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coloma District

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ottis Raush

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1937-41, 1947, 1953.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 83.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR ADIT ALL IN THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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.