Surething Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Uranium
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019779
MRDS ID DC11463
Record type Site
Current site name Surething Mine
Alternate or previous names O'Keefe
Related records 10125000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.33256, 46.44018 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 KM SE OF NEWMANS CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 15 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.8 KM W OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Aplite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.33256, 46.44018

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Aplite Dike Trending N 54 W

Ore body information

  • Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Newman Brothers
    Home office Elliston, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leo And Dave Newman
    Home office Elliston, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 15, 51.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1151, PG. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MR-21, P. 13.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 51.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ZONE - ARGILLIZED QUARTZ MONZONITE IN ZONE 60 FT. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references