Ermont No 2 Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245364
MRDS ID W026526
MAS/MILS ID 0300010386
Record type Site
Current site name Ermont No 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names W Ermont, Ermont Group, West Ermont Group
Related records 10089450

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.91509, 45.2657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1954
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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 35 SWNWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.91509, 45.2657

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Ermont/Argenta

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wellborn Family
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1998
    First year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN TOPO SHEETS DILLON & ERMONT QUADS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ERMONT GROUP; SEQ #0300010148. THIS "MINE" IS PART OF THAT GROUP. OPEN PIT MINE OF THE ERMONT GROUP:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAY-98 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references