New Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019936
MRDS ID DC11977
Record type Site
Current site name New Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51532, 45.60629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 0.5 MILE SW OF ROCHESTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 007W 06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF THE SOUTH 1/2, NORTH 1/2, SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WIRE GOLD ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dikes And Sills Strike North, Dip 15-40 W. They Are 1 To 300 Ft. Wide.

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Strike N 82 W
    Dip 85 N
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN STRIKES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO DIKES ; GEOL.DESC: VEIN UP TO 1 FT. WIDE WITH FREE GOLD IN RICH POCKETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1910

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 131.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-22-1963

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEM 19

  • Production

    MBMG MEM. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEIN, RANGING FROM A FEW INCHES TO 1 FOOT WIDE

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

Beyond USGS

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