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Elkhorn Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070491
MRDS ID W013444
Record type Site
Current site name Elkhorn Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Elkhorn
Related records 10196647

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03979, 45.48989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position 5.5 MILES NE OF ELKHORN SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 012W 11,14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ON LOWER ADIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03979, 45.48989
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Comet Fault Trends N - S, Mono Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 65 S
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Discoverer Preston Sheldon
Year of first production 1872

Mining district

District name Elkhorn District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wells, John
    Home office Dubois, Wy
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PRINCIPAL LEVELS - 300 FT, 1000 FT. SEVERAL 1000'S FT WORKINGS. BOTH OPEN (1981).

Comments on development

  • TIMBERLINE MINERALS OPENED 1000 FT LEVEL FOR 4000

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, A.N., SURVEY OF MINING DISTRICTS OF DILLON QUADRANGLE, MONTANA, BULLETIN 574, P. 168 - 170

  • Production

    GEACH, MBMG BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER VEINS AT SURFACE BECAME MOLYBDENUM VEINS AT 1000 FT DEPTH. TWO PRODUCTIVE VEIN SETS - EW, N50E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 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

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

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