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Marietta Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070465
MRDS ID W013409
Record type Site
Current site name Marietta Mine
Alternate or previous names Marietta and Metallic
Related records 10270361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96114, 45.21712 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Relative position FOUR MILES SOUTH OF VIRGINIA CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cirque Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 007S 003W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON NORTH SIDE AT EAST END OF BARTON GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Dike;Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss
    Rock description Aplite Dike;Cherry Creek Series, Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.96114, 45.21712
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 35 SE
    Length 1524M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City Region - Browns Gulch District.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRODUCTION FROM TWO VEINS, THE METALLIC VEIN AVERAGING 5 FT. IN WIDTH, AND THE MARIETTA VEIN WHICH AVERAGES 2 - 2 1/2 FT. MILL WAS PRESENT ON SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, 1937, GOLD LODE. MINING - TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 6972

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG MEM

  • Production

    LORAIN, 1937, U. S. B. M. INF. CIRC. 6972.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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