Polly Jane Group

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Molybdenum
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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019740
MRDS ID DC11336
Record type Site
Current site name Polly Jane Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.64255, 45.51379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 4 AIR MILES NE OF GLEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Earls Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 008W 06 CENTER OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.64255, 45.51379

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mccartney Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Dale, C.O., And Sons
    Home office Twin Bridges
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS INCLUDE 1920-1934

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, AT LEAST ONE 80 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-31-1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY INCLUDES ROLLY JANE, EFFIE, BESSIE, B.B. AND J.E. CLAIMS AND THE POLLY JANE MILLSITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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