Santa Anita Mine

Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069766
MRDS ID W007442
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Anita Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.73308, 46.14796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 8 MILES SW OF RADERSBERG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radersburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 001W 33 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quadrant Formation, Quartzites
    Rock description Quadrant Formation, Quartzites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.73308, 46.14796

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, FRACTURE FILLING
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUADRANT QUARTZITES AT THIS LOCATION STRIKE N 35 DEG E AND DIP 42 DEG SE AS PART OF EAST LIMB OF N TRENDING ANTICLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedar Plains District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Quadrant Ridge Mining Co., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE LISTING AS DEVELOPING IN M.B.M.G. BULL. 92, 1973, BY LAWSON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1951, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), BROADWATER, CO, MT. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7592.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D., 1973, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1973, MT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 92.

  • Deposit

    1951 COMPILE U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7592, REED, G. C

  • Production

    REED, G. C., 1951, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRCULAR 7592

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references