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Banning-Jones Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010806
MRDS ID D004789
Record type Site
Current site name Banning-Jones Mine
Alternate or previous names Banjo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53115, 45.13462 (WGS84)
Elevation 9
Relative position 7.6 MI S41E OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillon East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 008W 13 E2 OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53115, 45.13462
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 37 NW
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Talc Body Is At End Of An East-Trending Granite Pegmatite Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. Banning, L. Jones
    Home office Dillon, Mt.
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES CONFIDENTIAL

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL PIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GULLY. THE WEST SIDE HAS NOT BEEN MINED.

Comments on development

  • HAND SORTED ORE WAS HAULED TO AM. CHEMET CORP. FOR USE AS PAINT FILLER. ; ECON.COM: SEATITE VARIETY TALC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 161-162.

  • Deposit

    BERG, R.B., 1979, TALC AND CHLORITE DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 45, P. 36-37

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALC CROPS OUT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF BOTH SIDES OF A NW-TRENDING GULLY. A CUT EXPOSES A 40-FT ZONE OF ALTERNATING TALC-MARBLE ON THE EAST SIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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