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Kent and Miller Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019180
MRDS ID DC08940
Record type Site
Current site name Kent and Miller Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77918, 45.1874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3.5 MILES S OF VARNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Varney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 001W 30,31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS LIE ALONG GULCH NO 4 SOUTH OF WIGWAM CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hollandite Ore
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ORES SHOW UP TO 50 % MN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77918, 45.1874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Thickness 2.74M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SEVERAL IRREGULAR DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. Miller
    Home office Missoula, Mt.
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Kent
    Home office Norris
    First year 1959

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, ACKERMAN, 1959, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, MONT BUR MINES & GEOL, BULL 10, P. 41

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, RABBITT, 1960, PRE-BELT GEOL. - CHERRY CREEK-RUBY MTN, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL, MEM. 38, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, 1919, MN DEPOSITS IN MADISON CO, MONT, USGS BULL 690-F, P 135.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-10-1961

  • Deposit

    1919 COMPILE PARDEE, BULL 690-F

  • Deposit

    1959 COMPILE MBMG BULL 10

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM 38

Reporter information

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

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