Madison Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400190
Record type Site
Current site name Madison Mine
Alternate or previous names Victoria Mine, Hudson Mine, Goldstar Mine, Largey Estates, Rocky Mountain group, Broadway Mine, Ajax Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Approximate -112.90807, 45.78389 (WGS84) 25 miles SW of Butte.
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-111.72985, 45.07891 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wise River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Ore
Garnet Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 75
USGS model code 19c
Deposit model name Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Mark3 model number 18

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -112.90807, 45.78389
(2) -111.72985, 45.07891

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name Madison
    Length 335.28M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Coronado Resources Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office 595 Howe Street, Suite 507, Vancouver BC V6C 2T5, Canada\n
    Year 2008
  • Type Unknown
    Owner BMR Gold Corp.
    Last year 1999
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Skana Capital Corp.
    Last year 1999
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Galleon Mining Ltd.
    Last year 1999
  • Type Operator
    Owner Action Minerals Inc.
    Interest 100
    Last year 1999

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Name Historical resources
    Estimate year 1992
    Indicated 1460000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 0.65 wt-pct Copper Major 1992
    Gold 1.95 g/mt Gold Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Total resources 2000000mt ore

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMH 1997 entry for Arkona Resources

Beyond USGS

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