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Niki Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10011236
MRDS ID D005578
Record type Site
Current site name Niki Mine
Alternate or previous names Lonnie Stevens Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.41116, 46.01796 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6MI E OF BUTTE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 006W 18 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASS. 0.41 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.41116, 46.01796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike S70E
    Dip 70S
    Length 457.2M
    Width 0.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. L. Puckett
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS, ADIT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED FOR AU IN 1916, W DISCOVERED IN 1942, MO DISCOVERED IN 1955.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 10, P. 30

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVEST 6334, P. 5, 18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEELITE OCCURS AS SMALL CRYSTALS DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE VEIN. SCHEELITE AND MOLYBDENITE ALSO OCCUR IN VERY MINOR AMOUNTS ALONG FRACTURE PLANES IN THE ALTERED GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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