Evening Star Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019643
MRDS ID DC11032
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41421, 45.96712 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF BUTTE., Within 2 Mile Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 36 SE OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41421, 45.96712

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Homestake District

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 8-9: FROM 65 TONS ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-19-1961

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-82 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.