Occidental Mine

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019952
MRDS ID DC12034
Record type Site
Current site name Occidental Mine
Alternate or previous names High Up, Oxidental

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0453, 45.52268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 12 MI SE 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 004S 004W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW/4 OF NW/4 OF SECTION 1.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss
    Rock description Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Marble-Cherry Creek Limestone
    Rock description Marble-Cherry Creek Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0453, 45.52268

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Quartz Creek Antiform

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 40 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System, Trends N 50 W, 40 W

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT LEAST 2 EPISODES OF MINERALIZATION ARE APPARENT TO BERGER (1967). MINERALIZATION IS MOST IN TENSE WHERE THE FRACTURE TREND COINCIDES WITH THE GNEISS-MARBLE CONTACT. ; GEOL.DESC: PARTIALLY OXIDIZED SULFIDE VEIN FILLING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Indian Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George N. George
    Home office Dillon
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Elling
    Home office Alameda, Ca.
    First year 1959

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAIN ADITS, UPPER IS CAVED. LOWER ADIT OPEN (1981) AT LEAST 300 FT, PARTLY STOPED.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED IN 1958 ; ECON.COM: LOCATION INACCESSABLE, POSSIBLE LEAD-ZINC BENEFICIATION PROBLEMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURGER, H.R., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 41, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 31, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, F.M., CROWLEY, F.A., SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD OR ZINC MINING: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K, AND ACKERMAN, W., 1959, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 10, P. 41

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE IN 1967, PRESENT STATUS UNKNOWN
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-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.

External references