Kidd Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10019414
MRDS ID DC09982
Record type Site
Current site name Kidd Mine
Related records 10294472

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94253, 45.49018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 13 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 14 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE SE OF FRISBIE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite-Tobacco Root Batholith
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite-Tobacco Root Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Pont-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre Belt Pont-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94253, 45.49018

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Batholith Intrusion

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN CUTS GNEISS PARALLEL TO BANDING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washington

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, HART, 1933, GEOL RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO, MONT, MONT. BUR MINES & GEOL MEM 9, P 54.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9

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

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