Corn Cracker Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10019742
MRDS ID DC11342
Record type Site
Current site name Corn Cracker Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20698, 45.53879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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 003S 005W 27,34 SE OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intensive Hypogene Action, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Metabasalt Dike Or Sill
    Rock description Metabasalt Dike Or Sill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Strong Fissure Zone Trending N30e, 75e North Trending Syncline.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS-LIKE SULPHIDE BANDS
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 70 E
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Steiner, Missoula; Bugdon, Twin Bridges

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF CU PRODUCED FROM 1921-1935.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, PLUS STOPES. THE CORNCRACKER VEIN ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 650 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 40.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1935 RECON MBMG MEMOIR 9

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6972, MBMG BULL. 24

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