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Galena Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019939
MRDS ID DC11994
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.76808, 45.56323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maltbys Mound(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(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 001W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 0.5 MILE WEST OF STERLING, ALONG HOT SPRINGS CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.76808, 45.56323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 30N
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STK N40E, DIP 30 N.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE-1900

Mining district

District name Norris District

Comments on the workings information

  • 350 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    12TH ANN. INSP. OF MINE REPT., 1900, P. 27

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD, MONT, USGS BULL 574, P. 115

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, SCHAFER AND HART, 1933, GEOL. RECON - TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT, MBMG. MEM 9, P. 54

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, USBM INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    1900 COMPILE INSP. OF MINES, 12TH ANN.

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG, MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 6972

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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