Pedro

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10124341
MAS/MILS ID 0300571040
Record type Site
Current site name Pedro

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.00366, 45.4966 (WGS84)

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 004 S 003 W 17 SWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.00366, 45.4966

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheridan

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPT. OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-175.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors "TAILINGS PILES" IDENTIFIED AT THIS SITE APPEARED MORE LIKE WASTE ROCK, AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A MILL AT THE SITE. THERE WERE NO ADIT DISCHARGES, FILLED SHAFTS, SEEPS, OR SPRINGS OBSERVED AT THE SITE. NO FLOWING SURFACE WATER WAS OBSERVED IN THE VICINITY OF THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. TWO HAZARDOUS OPENINGS WERE OBSERVED: AN OPEN ADIT LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIDGE, AND A SHAFT WHICH HAD CAVED INTO AN UNSTABLE PIT LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE ACCESS ROAD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1994 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references