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Julia Lee Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010906
MRDS ID D004988
Record type Site
Current site name Julia Lee Mine
Alternate or previous names Cannon Ball Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.38866, 45.67712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 5.5 AIR MILES WSW OF SILVER STAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Table Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 006W 07 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SECTION 7.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Hell Canyon Pluton
    Rock description Hell Canyon Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.38866, 45.67712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Julia Lee Mines, Inc.
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 220.98M
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 130-FT SHAFT, 475-FT. DRIFT, 2 CROSSCUTS, 150 AND 96 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRAUERMAN, C.J., 1940, DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 20, P. 71

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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