Inspiration Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019654
MRDS ID DC11061
Record type Site
Current site name Inspiration Mine
Related records 10294514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02587, 45.91657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 4 MI NE OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 003W 19 NE OF NW Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wallrock Replacement

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson Shale
    Rock description Greyson Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.02587, 45.91657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Bull Mtn. Block
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone, Nw To Ne Trending Normal And Reverse Faults, Folds.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 58 S
    Length 21.34M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Is Exposed Between 2 Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REPLACEMENT & FISSURE FILLING, 14 IN WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wegener, William G.
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 200-FT INCLINE SHAFT WITH FOUR LEVELS AT 75, 145, 165, AND 200 FT. 200 FT OF DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • GASOLINE-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR AND HOIST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    ALEXANDER, R.G., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE WHITEHALL AREA, MONTANA YELLOWSTONE-BIGHORN RESEARCH PROJECT, CONTRIBUTION 195, 111 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, A.E., STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DISTRICT, JEFFERSON CO., MT: MT. SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, 1966, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-21-1961

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON MBMG BULLETIN 1

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16

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

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