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Sampson Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10102043
MRDS ID DC11689
Record type Site
Current site name Sampson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.82641, 45.28351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2.5 MILES WSW 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

Eightmile Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(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 006S 003W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Pre-Belt Series
    Rock description Pre-Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.82641, 45.28351
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED SULFIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, SCHAFER, HART, 1933, GEOL RECON OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, MBMG MEM 9, P. 45.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, CROWLEY, SAHINEN, 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MBMG, BULL 30, P. 30.

  • Deposit

    MONT. B. M. & GEOL. BULL 14, 1960, P. 27

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-03-1961

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG., MEM 9

  • Deposit

    1962 OTHER MBMG, BULL 30

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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