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Josephine Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101962
MRDS ID DC08721
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.65779, 45.55879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF NORRIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 001E 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF TRIBUTARY OF HOT SPRINGS CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.65779, 45.55879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 50NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1863

Mining district

District name Norris District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 365 FT INCLINE, 1000 FT DRIFTS, CROSS CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., USBM INF. CIRC. 6972, P. 45

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, SCHAFER AND HART, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON, MBMG. MEM 9, P. 52.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BM. AND GEOL. MEM 31, 1950, P 67

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-31-1967

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG. MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 6972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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