Saginaw Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269748
MAS/MILS ID 0300010033
Record type Site
Current site name Saginaw Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.4478, 45.22959 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
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

Selway Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 S 015 W 16 SENENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.4478, 45.22959

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SASSMAN, OREN, 1941, METAL MINING IN HISTORIC BEAVERHEAD:

  • Deposit

    MS THESIS, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, P.282-283

  • Deposit

    COPPINGER, WALTER, 1974, STRATIGRAPHIC AND STRUCTRUAL STUDY

  • Deposit

    OF BELT SUPERGROUP AND ASSOCIATED ROCKS IN A PORTION OF

  • Deposit

    THE BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWEST MONTANA, AND EAST-

  • Deposit

    CENTRAL IDAHO: PH.D DISSERTATION, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, OXFORD

  • Deposit

    OHIO, P.204, 205

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, BEAVERHEAD

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, MONTANA: MBMG BULL.85, P.40, 41

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 16-88, 1988, P. 138.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1991 Lipton, 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