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Wheal Rose Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019198
MRDS ID DC09014
Record type Site
Current site name Wheal Rose Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93561, 45.19407 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 3.75 AIR MILES NE OF BANNACK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 011W 27 NW OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.010 OZ AU/TON, 2.35 OZ AG/TON, 0.04% CU, 0.55% PB, AND 1.30% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93561, 45.19407
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ-CALCITE GANGUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue Wing District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. And J.C. Ryburn, C. Kennedy
    First year 1972

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT TRENDS S57E. CAVED BEYOND 50FT.(1972)

Comments on development

  • ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 104.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-14-1963

  • Deposit

    1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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