Frisbie Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019413
MRDS ID DC09981
Record type Site
Current site name Frisbie Mine
Alternate or previous names Frisbee Mine
Related records 10245918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94892, 45.49296 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 12 AIR MILES NORTH OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramshorn Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 003W 10,11,14 E2 OF SE (10); SW OF SW (11); NW OF NW (14) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND SLOPES JUST WEST AND NW OF WARD PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro Intrusives
    Rock description Gabbro Intrusives
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre-Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94892, 45.49296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip STEEP W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gneiss-Gabbro Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, 1933, MONT. B.M. & GEOL., MEM. 9, P. 54

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS., MADISON CO, MONT, USBM INF CIRC 6972, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-28-1963

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF CIRC. 6972

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

Beyond USGS

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