Mammoth

Past Producer in Madison 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245466
MRDS ID W013407
MAS/MILS ID 0300570564
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth
Alternate or previous names Leviathan, Liberty Monyana Mines
Related records 10105635

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.01116, 45.6668 (WGS84)
Elevation 2048
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manhead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 002 S 003 W 18 SENENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.01116, 45.6668

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-179.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 574, 1914, P. 170.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 9, 1933, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, 1935, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6972, 1937, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 20, 1940, P. 71.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1949, P. 68.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors ONE DISCHARGING ADIT WAS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. THE DISCHARGE SEEPED INTO WASTE ROCK PRIOR TO REACHING SURFACE WATER. A SAMPLE OF THIS DISCHARGE HAD A PH OF 7.45. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE ADIT DISCHARGE. AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY FLOWED THROUGH THE SITE AND DISCHARGED INTO THE SOUTH BOULDER RIVER. OBSERVED RELEASES TO THE SOUTH BOULDER RIVER (SEDIMENT) WERE DOCUMENTED FOR ARSENIC AND COPPER. POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE INCLUDED ONE OPEN SHAFT AND TWO OPEN ADITS.
Deposit PROPERTY COULD BE USGS GSC ID# WO13407 AS LISTED IN MILS. SO MAS PROPERITES 0300570564 AND 0300570794, THE LAT/LONG OF THESE OTHER PROPERTIES ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME CONFUSION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-APR-98 Avery, Dale U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references