Silver Coin

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172829
MAS/MILS ID 0300490252
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Coin

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.14368, 46.6132 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 004 W 20 C NWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.14368, 46.6132

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 46M
    Length 180M
    Width 1.5M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 0.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N05W:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grass Valley Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES FROM 701,AVERAGES FROM PRODUCTION STATISTIC TONNAGES ESTIMATED BY INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.58

  • Deposit

    MBMG FILE DATA,UNPUB.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP I-381, 1963.

  • Deposit

    MBM&G DATA FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references