| Deposit ID | 10019952 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12034 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Occidental Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | High Up, Oxidental |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.0453, 45.52268 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2591 |
| Relative position | 12 MI SE OF SHERIDAN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Madison |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004S | 004W | 01 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss | ||||||||
| Rock description | Quartzofeldspathic Gneiss | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble |
| Rock unit name | Marble-Cherry Creek Limestone |
| Rock description | Marble-Cherry Creek Limestone |
| (1) | -112.0453, 45.52268 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tobacco Root Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Quartz Creek Antiform |
| Strike | N 20 W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 40 NE |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sheridan (Indian Creek) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | George N. George |
| Home office | Dillon |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carl Elling |
| Home office | Alameda, Ca. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12034 |
BURGER, H.R., 1967, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SHERIDAN DISTRICT, MADISON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 41, P. 18.
REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MEMOIR 31, P. 69.
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.
STOUT, K, AND ACKERMAN, W., 1959, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL. 10, P. 41
1967 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 4
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ACTIVE IN 1967, PRESENT STATUS UNKNOWN |
| Deposit | DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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 |
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