Ermont Mines

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Antimony
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. Alteration
  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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10089450
MRDS ID W026526
Record type Site
Current site name Ermont Mines
Alternate or previous names Ermont No. 2 Ermont No. 19
Related records 10245364

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.91506, 45.26601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1945
Relative position 14.0 MI N65W OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(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)

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 006S 011W 35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ERMONT #2 ADIT USED FOR LOCATION - SEE GENERAL COMMENTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STIBNITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ORE BODIES OF NO. 2 MINE STATED AS NOT COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT (KELLEY, 1942), THERE MUST EXIST AN UNIDENTIFIED COPPER CONTAINING MINERAL RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCTION OF COPPER RECLAIMED FROM ORE IN THESE MINES.

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Dolomite No. 2 Mine, See N85

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson;Three Forks
    Rock description Jefferson;Three Forks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.91506, 45.26601

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East Flank Of Humbolt Mountain Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone Containing Ore Of No. 19 Mine

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 304.8M
    Width 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Andesite With Dolomite In One Case Fractures Within Andesite In The Other

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERATION IS PRESENT IN THE ANDESITE AT THE NO. 19 MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer D. V. Erwin And W. J. Corbett
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. A. Wellborn Grant, Montana

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDED IN FOLLOWING YEARS; 1932 - 33 , 1935 - 42 , 1949 - 50 , 1963 , THOSE VALUES LISTED IN CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION INDICATE THESE YEARS OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.153HA
    Overall depth 152.4M
    Overall length 53.34M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO LENGTH OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. QUOTED DEPTH BELOW SURFACE FOR NO. 2 MINE APPROXIMATED DEPTH OF 300 FEET AND NO. 19 MINE DEPTH OF 500 FEET. THE NO. 2 MINE IS LOCATED AT THE SITE OF THE SURFACE MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLY, J.L., 1941 M.S. THESIS, MT SCHOOL OF MINES.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 69-70.

  • Production

    GEACH, RD, 1972 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) BEAVERHEAD CO., MONT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DESCRIPTIONS ABOVE PERTAIN TO THE FRACTURE ZONE NOT TO THE DISSEMINATED AREA. THE DISSEMINATED ORE WAS MINED BY BOTH SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Deposit THE NO. 2 MINE CONTAINS DISSEMINATED ORE WITHIN ALTERED DOLOMITE. THE NO. 2 MINE IS ALSO THE SITE OF THE OPEN PIT THE NO. 19 MINE CONTAINS DISSEMINATED ORE AND VEINLETS, BOTH ONLY WITHIN THE ALTERED ANDESITE FRACTURE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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