Elkador

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108505
MRDS ID DC10979
Record type Site
Current site name Elkador
Alternate or previous names Little Nancy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13977, 46.36157 (WGS84)
Relative position 9.2KM SW OF JEFFERSON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 17,18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N OF WASHINGTON MINES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13977, 46.36157

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike S85E
    Dip 68-80N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner New Elkhorn Queen, Inc.
    Home office Boulder, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 0.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT, DRIFT, RAISE. DRIFT IS CAVED 700 FT FROM CROSSCUT.

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED CLAIMS: ELKADOR, ELKADOR EXT., LITTLE NANCY, LITTLE NANCY EXTENSION. WORKED BEFORE 1900, REOPENED IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 75

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 680FT W OF CROSSCUT THE VEIN OCCUPIES A BRECCIA ZONE 6-8 FT WIDE AND CHANGES STRIKE TO N78E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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