Noble Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019950
MRDS ID DC12030
Record type Site
Current site name Noble Mine
Alternate or previous names Company Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1092, 45.53657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 7 MILES NE OF SHERIDAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 004W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 OF SECTION 33

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE FROM UPPER ADIT HAD 0.30 OZ/TON AU, 1.5 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Rock unit name Trachyte And Quartz Porphyry
    Rock description Trachyte And Quartz Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Limestone-Marble;Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Cherry Creek Limestone-Marble;Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss;Hornblende Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1092, 45.53657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 30 E Fractures And Folds

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 45 NW
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact With Basaltic Intrusive Mass.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Wisconsin Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Noble Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1188.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2700 FOOT CROSSCUT. 1200 FOOT RAISE.

Comments on development

  • 10-STAMP MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 41, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-28-1963

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT NORTH END OF CLAIM ORE IS OFFSET BY FAULT. ORE DIRECTION CHANGES TO N-S, DIPPING 45 W. ORE NEAR FAULT IS VERY LOW GRADE.
Deposit TANSLEY (1933) STATES THAT ORE DEPOSIT OCCURS WITHIN THE DIKE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.

External references