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Dunstone Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10103895
MRDS ID M060816
Record type Site
Current site name Dunstone Mine
Related records 10245702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94254, 46.28684 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1/2 MILE N. OF ELKHORN, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 003W 11 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson Dolomite-Recrystallized Dolomite
    Rock description Jefferson Dolomite-Recrystallized Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94254, 46.28684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Elkhorn Anticline-North Plunging

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Plunge 50 DEG
    Plunge direction NE
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of North-Trending And East-Trending Veins That Dip 55 Deg E And 65 Deg N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Elkhorn Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elkhorn Consolidated, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner S. C. And Marjorie Kennett

Comments on the production information

  • SOME RICH GALENA ORE PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBY, R.N., ACKERMAN, W.C., FULKERSON, F.B. AND CROWLEY, F.A., 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 16, P. 5

  • Production

    ROBY, ETAL. 1960, P. 58

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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