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H and S Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070478
MRDS ID W013426
Record type Site
Current site name H and S Mine
Related records 10293836

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.19506, 44.88879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2262
Relative position 11 MILES SW OF GRANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Eagles Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011S 013W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON A LOW HILL NORTH OF CHINATOWN MINING CAMP

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Most Of The Ore Is Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Granite-Gneiss Formation;Feldspathic Volcanics
    Rock description Granite-Gneiss Formation;Feldspathic Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.19506, 44.88879
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore On Contact Between Gneiss And Brecciated Intrusive Rocks And Felsite Plug

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS LOCATED ALONG NW TRENDING CONTACT OF GNEISS AND INTRUSIVE VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chinatown District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis, Ben
    Home office Dillon, MT

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED 700 LB. CU AT 0.03% AND 42 TOZ AU AT 0.03 OZ/ST FROM 1,293 ST OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 416.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, ONE ABOUT 160 FT. ABOVE THE OTHER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS BEAVERHEAD CO. MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85

  • Production

    GEACH, 1972, MBMG BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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