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Carpenter Mine

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10019958
MRDS ID DC12054
Record type Site
Current site name Carpenter Mine
Alternate or previous names Nellie Gray, Abbie Alice, Silver King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.48616, 45.62351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 9.5 AIR MILES NW OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Bridges SW(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 002S 007W 32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • EAST 1/2, NE 1/4, SECTION 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Belt Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.48616, 45.62351
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 09 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STEEPLY DIPPING LODE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1911

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN IS EXPOSED BY PITS AND SHAFTS FROM 20 TO 100 FT. DEEP. SMALL AMOUNT OF STOPING DONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 41.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES NELLIE GRAY, ABBIE ALICE AND SILVER KING CLAIMS ON THE CARPENTER VEIN. ; 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

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