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Antelope Mine

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019609
MRDS ID DC10946
Record type Site
Current site name Antelope Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10035, 46.20572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Relative position 1.7 KM WEST OF THE SUMMIT OF OLSON MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 09,10 NE OF NE (09) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation;Hasmark Formation (Silver Chain Mine)
    Rock description Madison Formation;Hasmark Formation (Silver Chain Mine)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10035, 46.20572
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mount Powell Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1965
Production years 1880'S

Mining district

District name Olson Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $60,000 SILVER ORE IN LATE 1880'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, DRIFTS, INACESSIBLE 1906, TRENCHES (DONE IN 1960'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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