Neihart

Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107707
MRDS ID D001572
Record type Site
Current site name Neihart

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71751, 46.93324 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Cascade

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Arsenic Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • EST. PROD. FROM 1881-1898 OF AU-$800,000; EST. PROD. OF ORE FROM 1898 TO 1904-$2,000,000; EST. PROD. OF ORE FROM 1904 TO 1931-$9,989,553

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAFER, P.A., 1935, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NEIHART MINING DISTRICT, CASCADE COUNTY, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MEM. 13, P. 15-1

  • Production

    SCHAFER, 1935, MONT. MEM. 13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.