Little Sampson Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, 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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101973
MRDS ID DC09402
Record type Site
Current site name Little Sampson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24533, 46.47546 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 KM SE OF RUMINI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 04 NW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF TENMILE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Bournonite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Polybasite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24533, 46.47546

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Mountain Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N88W
    Dip 74S
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957
Year of last production 1958
Production years 1961

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. A. Magnuson
    Home office 2530 Peasley Canyon Rd., Aburn, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Art Benson
    Home office Butte, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 350.52M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 28

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 25, P. 25

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 254, PL.41

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL. 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references