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Hawkeye Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019746
MRDS ID DC11350
Record type Site
Current site name Hawkeye Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03419, 45.54823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 6.0 MILES DUE 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

Noble Peak(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 27 SW OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Meagher
    Rock description Meagher
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03419, 45.54823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR ORESHOOTS, PIPES
    Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 25 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. E. Grant
    Home office Twin Bridges
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 381M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1250 FOOT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 6972, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K., AND ACKERMAN, W., 1959, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 10, P. 40.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PIPE OF OXIDIZED ORE 80 FEET LONG ON DIP AND 30 FEET LONG ON STRIKE, AND 4 TO 8 FEET THICK HAS BEEN MINED AND SHIPPED. A CROSSCUT 600 FEET VERTICALLY BELOW THE STOPE HAD BEEN DRIVEN NORTH
Deposit ACTIVE IN 1958 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1995 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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