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Kearsarge Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102042
MRDS ID DC11639
Record type Site
Current site name Kearsarge Mine
Alternate or previous names Kearsage Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.93142, 45.21684 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 5.5 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cirque Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 007S 003W 23 NW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT FORK BETWEEN ALDER GULCH AND BACHELOR GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Nagyagite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Rock description Pre Belt Pony-Cherry Creek Gneiss Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.93142, 45.21684
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N23E
    Dip 65NW
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Located Near Quartz Monzonite Intrusion.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City (Summit) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smith, V.
    Home office Virginia City
    First year 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2438.4M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 33, 1963, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, 1914, MINING DIST.-DILLON QUAD, MONT, USGS BULL 574, P 162

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, HART, 1933, GEOL. RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO, MONT, MONT BUR OF MINES & GEOL, MEM 9, P. 47, 48.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-23-1963

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1933 COMPILE MBMG MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIR. 6972

  • Deposit

    1968 COMPILE MBMG BULL 67

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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.

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