Governor Tilden

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  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 10070472
MRDS ID W013419
Record type Site
Current site name Governor Tilden
Alternate or previous names Tilden
Related records 10244845

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87422, 45.31296 (WGS84)
Elevation 2104

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 18 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson;Flathead
    Rock description Jefferson;Flathead
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87422, 45.31296

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East - Trending Tuscarora Fault, Smaller North - Trending Vertical Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Intersections, Favorable Beds Parallel To Tuscarora Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Discoverer Amede Bessette, Wash Stapelton

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Anaconda Co, E And C White, And G. W. Foger

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period 1902-1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 13 %
  • Year 1926
    Period 1902-1926
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 0.39 Oz/St
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 11g/mt
  • Year 1926
    Period 1902 - 1926
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approx. 0.35 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 300M
    Overall depth 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOVENOR TILDEN MINE INCLUDED IN THE TUSCARORA GROUP OF PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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