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Tidal Wave Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019927
MRDS ID DC11944
Record type Site
Current site name Tidal Wave Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22448, 45.54934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 5.5 MILES 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

Old Baldy Mountain(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SECTION 28.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLE ASSAYS APPEAR IN BULLETIN 24, P. 47.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.22448, 45.54934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jointing And Minor Fracturing

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes In Limestone, Possible Stratigraphic Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE PILGRIM FM. ; GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR ORE BODIES.

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 Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED SHAFTS, THREE ADITS, AND NUMEROUS PITS AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULL. 2

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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