The Manhatten and Mercury is a tungsten mine located in Madison county, Montana at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.57361, -111.96778
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Manhatten and Mercury MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Manhatten and Mercury
Secondary: Mercury and Manhatten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Montana
County: Madison
District: Potosi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: T. Stasnos
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Tobacco Root Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Bismark Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NORTH SLOPE ABOVE SOUTH WILLOW CR BETWEEN POTOSI AND MINE PEAKS.
Comment (Deposit): 2 ONE-FT VEINS
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS AND PITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: HUEBNERITE COARSELY, FINELY CRYSTALLINE DISSEMINATED
References
Reference (Deposit): EYDE, T.H, 1958, POTOSI TUNGSTEN DIST, MADISON CO, MONT, MONT. BUR MINES & GEOL, INF CIR 21, P 42.
Reference (Deposit): TANSLEY, HART, 1933, GEOL RECON-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, MBMG MEM 9, P 32
Reference (Deposit): WINCHELL, 1916, MINING DIST - DILLON QUAD, MONT, USGS BULL 574, P 125
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-06-1963
Reference (Deposit): 1916 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574
Reference (Deposit): 1933 RECON MBMG MEM 9
Reference (Deposit): 1958 COMPILE MBMG INF CIRC. 21
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
