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Betsy Baker Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019415
MRDS ID DC09983
Record type Site
Current site name Betsy Baker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.01947, 45.45601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF SHERIDAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 30 NW OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.01947, 45.45601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description On East Limb Of Overturned Synform Trending N20e

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 45 W
    Length 30.48M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane, Marble Bed.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN 20 TO 30 FT WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Ramshorn Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 2 VEINS, EACH DEVELOPED BY A SERIES OF ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOTHER VEIN ON NORTH END OF PROPERTY STRIKES EAST-WEST AND DIPS 70 S. ORE SHOOTS RAKE WEST AND APPEAR RELATED TO LIMESTONE MEMBER INTERSECTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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.

External references

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