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Day and Harvey Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019881
MRDS ID DC11789
Record type Site
Current site name Day and Harvey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57449, 45.74962 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1.25 MILES SW OF MOOSE TOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickiup Creek(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)

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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 008W 09 SW OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite 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) -112.57449, 45.74962
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith, Moose Creek Pluton
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Strikes N20w

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867
Discoverer Day And Harvey

Mining district

District name Moose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alex Leggatt
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • ORE VALUES RANGED FROM $200 TO $3500 PER TON IN LATE 1860'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST A DOZEN SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SEVERAL ADITS. DUMPS COVER WHOLE AREA.

Comments on development

  • EARLY ORE WAS SHIPPED TO HIGHLAND OR ARGENTA UNTIL A MILL WAS BUILT ON THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 25, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-10-1963

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 574

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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