Skyline Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042787
MRDS ID M060815
Record type Site
Current site name Skyline Mine
Alternate or previous names John Sloss
Related records 10270217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.88004, 46.28879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2545
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF ELKHORN, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 002W 08 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM SHAFT BETWEEN 94 AND 164 FT AVERAGED 0.022 OZ AU AND 0.8 OZ AG/TON, 0.6% PB, 0.4% ZN, TRACE CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics-Andesitic Flows, Tuffs, And Intrusives
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics-Andesitic Flows, Tuffs, And Intrusives
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.88004, 46.28879

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELLIPTICAL
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 71.63M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elkhorn Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith, Walter And Christine
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tangen, L.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ingman, A. D.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Elkhorn Consolidated, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 131.06M
    Overall depth 71.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS (2 CAVED) AND 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS. WINZE FROM MAIN ADIT SUNK 170 FT., AND 166 FT. DRIFT AND CROSSCUT FROM NEAR WINZE BOTTOM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references