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White Pine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019891
MRDS ID DC11823
Record type Site
Current site name White Pine
Related records 10294556

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95364, 45.6674 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 4 MILE NW OF PONY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 003W 10,15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED APROXIMATELY NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF CHARCOAL CREEK AND PONY CREEK. HARRISON QUAD MAP AND LITERATURE GIVE DIFFERENT LOCATION POSITIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Gneiss
    Rock description Pre-Belt Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95364, 45.6674
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Located Near Contact Of Tobacco Root Batholith And Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pony District

Comments on the production information

  • IN ONE YEAR, 45 TONS OF SHIPPING ORE WAS PRODUCED. CHORAIN, P. 37)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD, MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTN; MADISON, MONT, USBM INF CIRC. 6972 P 36

  • Deposit

    MONT, B.M. AND GEOL BULL 72, P. 18

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHILL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM, INF. CIRC. 6972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS TERMINATINE AT EACH OTHER, BOTH STRIKING ABOUT EAST, DIPPING 65 S AND 65 N.
Deposit DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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