Conrad Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071373
MRDS ID W014717
Record type Site
Current site name Conrad Mine
Alternate or previous names Conrad Stanford Claims
Related records 10280901

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.60081, 45.03491 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484
Relative position 2.5 MILES SE OF JARDINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009E 22,23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SW SLOPE OF CREVASSE MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Quartz-Biotite Schist
    Rock description Quartz-Biotite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.60081, 45.03491

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Broad Syncline That Pitches Gently Eastward

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 25 - 45 E
    Length 700M
    Width 12M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Confined To Schist - Terminates At Southern Contact With Granite Mass.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Discoverer Gillis, Wyman, Graham, Yancy, & Sowash
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Crevasse Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leased By The Anaconda Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Conrad - Stanford Co.,
    Home office Helena, Montana 59601

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1200M
    Overall depth 200M
    Overall length 612.65M

Comments on the workings information

  • MEASUREMENTS ON LODE ZONE. INDIVIDUAL QUARTZ LENSES AND STRINGERS RANGE FROM 6 IN. TO 6 FT. IN WIDTH. CONRAD INCLINE ONLY WORKINGS ACCESSIBLE IN 1948, REST OF PREVIOUS OPERATIONS DESTROYED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, G. F., 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS - JARDINE - CREVASSE MTN. DISTRICT, PARK CO, MT, MT BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 23.

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1950, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIRC. 7546.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP PUB 75, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23

  • Production

    REED, 1950, U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7546

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONRAD PROPERTY COMPRISED OF HIGHLAND PLACER, HIGHLAND CHIEF, CREVASSE FRACTION, CONSOLIDATED MIZPAH, SUMMIT, AND GRANITE PATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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.

External references