Seismoneit Mine

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Bismuth
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019140
MRDS ID DC08769
Record type Site
Current site name Seismoneit Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.60748, 45.28519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position SE 1/4 APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knowles Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 009E 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.60748, 45.28519

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Emigrant Gulch District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1962, USGS MAP MR-22, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    REED, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, MONT, USBM INF CIRC. 7546.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-24-1963

  • Deposit

    1950 COMPILE USBM INF CIR. 754

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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