| Deposit ID | 10019857 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC11722 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ferdinand Mine |
| Related records | 10148153 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.85617, 45.28101 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Relative position | ON HILLSIDE NE OF ARGENTA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006S | 010W | 29 | NW OF SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | UNSORTED ORE CONTAINED 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 4.1 OZ AG/TON, 0.54% CU, 12.5% ZN, AND 10.4% PB. (SHENON, 1931) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Argenta Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Argenta Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Mission Canyon |
| Rock description | Mission Canyon |
| (1) | -112.85617, 45.28101 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone, Stock |
| Strike | N 30 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1868 |
| Discoverer | Thomas Harrison |
| Year of first production | 1868 |
| Production years | 1865-1928 INTERM. |
| District name | Argenta District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ruby Nygren |
| Home office | Dillon |
| First year | 1972 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 74.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC11722 |
WINCHELL, A.N., 1913, MINING DISTRICTS, DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 574, P. 68.
MBMG BULL 6, P. 75-76.
MYERS, W.B., 1952, GEOL. MAP OF NW WILLIS QUAD, MONT: U.S. GEOL. SUR. OPEN-FILE REPORT.
MBMG BULL 85, P. 48-49.
1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 6
1952 GEOLMAP MYERS, W.B., U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPOR
1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 85
M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, P. 49
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SULPHIDE ORE ALTERNATED WITH SOFT, ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE BANDS AS MUCH AS 12 FEET WIDE. ORE IS SLIGHTLY OXIDIZED AT 80 FEET. |
| 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 |
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