Red Rock Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172085
MRDS ID DO11334
MAS/MILS ID 0300010651
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.0826, 45.45819 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(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 004 S 012 W 28 SENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.0826, 45.45819

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 Elkhorn Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERDS

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85, P. 105, MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JAN-1994 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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