| Deposit ID | 10196647 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013444 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300010035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Elkhorn Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Elkhorn, Old Elkhorn, Elkhorn Mill Mine |
| Related records | 10070491 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.0462, 45.48879 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2468 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
Big Hole(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 004 S | 012 W | 14 | NESWNE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -113.0462, 45.48879 |
|---|
| Strike | N10E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 180M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 150M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Neihart Mining District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Brush Prairie Mines |
| ID | 3401140 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Washington |
| Year | 1992 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300010035 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013444 | MAS references MRDS |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 3401140 |
MONTANA DEPT OF STATE LANDS, MARCH 1994, ABANDONED HARDROCK
MINES PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT
USBM RI 5552
MBMG BULL. 85, 1972, P. 107-109, GEACH
MSHA REPT DATE JUNE 1981.
USGS OFR 83-507, P. 32 AND 39.
MBMG SP 75, P. 11.
ONE MAN'S DREAM, ELKHORN MINE, COOLIDGE, MT, NICHOLS, S.W.,
1991.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ELKHORN-BEAVERHEAD (OLD ELKHORN) WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN ELKHORN DISTRICT. THROUGH EVOLUTION IT BECAME PART OF THE BOSTON MONTANA GROUP 030010565. SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN GEOMETRY TABLE IS NOT KNOWN. THIS FILE HAD MISINFORMATION RELATED TO 0300130035 IN IT WHICH I REMOVED (CAUSEY). |
| Environmental Factors | THERE WAS ONE OPEN ADIT WITH A DISCHARGE ESTIMATED AT 150 GPM. THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL WAS EXCEEDED FOR CADMIUM IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. A PROTION OF THE DISCHARGE FLOWS OVER AND THROUGH WASTE ROCK TO A SETTLING POND PRIOR TO DISCHARGING INTO ELKHORN CREEK. THERE ARE TWO SEEPS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. OBSERVED RELEASES TO ELKHORN CREEK WERE DOCUMENTED FOR COPPER AND ZINC. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 05-MAR-98 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 03/27/1979 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 3401140 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Alphus Barner Pit |
| Current operator | Job Construction Company Inc |
| Current controller (parent) | Hoffman W D |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
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