Tail Holt Mine

Past Producer in Fergus county in Montana, United States with commodities 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 10293722
MAS/MILS ID 0300270026
Record type Site
Current site name Tail Holt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.21019, 47.20662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1714
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fergus(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Judith Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lewistown(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Box Elder(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(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 Fergus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017 N 020 E 30 SESENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.21019, 47.20662

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-53.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7544, 1950, P. 22 AND 70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THERE WERE NO MILL TAILINGS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. ONE ADIT DISCHARGE WAS OBSERVED AT THE SITE. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE DISCHARGE. NO OTHER SURFACE WATER WAS OBSERVED ON OR THE NEAR THE SITE. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MINE OPENINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE INCLUDED THE ADIT AND THE AIR RAISE SOUTH OF THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references