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Smuggler Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10105641
MRDS ID W013448
Record type Site
Current site name Smuggler Mine
Alternate or previous names Emma B. Mine
Related records 10172764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.03919, 45.4824 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM SHERIDAN, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004S 004W 13 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Tobacco Root Batholith Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Cherry Creek Series, Limestone & Gneiss
    Rock description Cherry Creek Series, Limestone & Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.03919, 45.4824
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Strikes N 75 W Dips 70s.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 70 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occupies Strong Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan (Mill Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Goldstream Mining Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldstream Mining Co., 6715 Village Rd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84131

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STATUS UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 35.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • 117-FT SHAFT, 2 ADITS, 150 AND 120 FT. LONG; 1,340 FT OF DRIFTS, 425 FT OF CROSS-CUTS; 450 FT OF RAISES; 160 FT. WINZE.

Comments on development

  • HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT, SAWMILL, CONCENTRATOR MILL, TAILINGS POND. MILL CHANGING TO FLOATATION IN 1935.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 41, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, M., 1970, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1970: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 82, P. 16.

  • Production

    MBMG MEMOIR 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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