Sheridan District

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000324
MRDS ID D008846
Record type District
Current site name Sheridan District
Alternate or previous names Ramshorn Subdistrict

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08416, 45.5199 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position MINES ON WISCONSIN CREEK, INDIAN CR., MILL CR., AND RAMSHORN CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978), CENTER OF DISTRICT-RED PINE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08416, 45.5199

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description TOBACCO ROOT BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name SHERIDAN DISTRICT
District name RAMSHORN SUBDISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 9.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 41.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES IC 6972.

Beyond USGS

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