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Old Legal Tender

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123708
MRDS ID W002862
MAS/MILS ID 0300010157
Record type Site
Current site name Old Legal Tender
Alternate or previous names Legal Tender Mine
Related records 10069276

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.89199, 45.2949 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(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)

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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 011 W 24 SENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 0.7HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .7
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles G Swysgood
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • THE PROPERTY HAS NO RECORDED HISTORY OF PRODUCTION, BUT ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS $150,000. THE ORE WAS GRANULAR LEAD CARBONATE WHICH ASSAYED ABOUT 300 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON..

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 85, 1972, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 6, 1931, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    NAMED MINE ON 7 1/2' QUAD.

  • Deposit

    MBMG SP 75, P. 16.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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