| Deposit ID | 10105637 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013418 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tuscarora Group |
| Related records | 10124219 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.87283, 45.31296 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2100 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006S | 010W | 18 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Sand | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Jefferson;Flathead |
| Rock description | Jefferson;Flathead |
| (1) | -112.87283, 45.31296 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | East - Trending Tuscarora Fault, Smaller North - Trending Vertical Faults |
| General form | PIPE |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Discoverer | Amede Bessett & Wash Stapleton |
| Year of first production | 1875 |
| District name | Argenta District |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Anaconda Co, E And C White, And G. W. Foger |
| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1916-1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ZN | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.3% | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1916-1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^9 Oz/St | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1959 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1916-1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | AU | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.197 Oz/St | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 40M |
| Overall length | 137.16M |
| Overall width | 50M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013418 |
MBMG BULL 85.
SHENON, 1931, GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS - BANNACK & ARGENTA, MT., MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 6.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE GROUP OF PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDES THE GOVENOR TILDEN, FLORIDA, WOOLEY, FRACTION, FRACTION PLACER, REFORM, BURLEIGH, AND SPRING. THE MAJOR ORE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN FROM THE TUSCARORA & GOVENOR TILDEN MINES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1976 | Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1983 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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