Sin Nombre Mine

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019166
MRDS ID DC08848
Record type Site
Current site name Sin Nombre Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.60609, 45.05241 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 5 MILES EAST OF GARDINER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(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 009S 009E 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APROXIN SEC 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.60609, 45.05241

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crevasse

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hallin And Camsron
    Home office Gardiner, Mt.
    First year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 14, 1960, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    STOUT, ACKEMAN, 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR. OF MINES & GEOL, BULL 10, P. 51

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS - JARDINE CREVASSE MTN. DIST., PARK CO, MONT, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. MEM 23.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-06-1961

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23

  • Deposit

    1959 COMPILE MBMG BULL 10

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON WEDOW, ET AL, BULL 1391-B

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.

External references