Lady Hennessey Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015865
MRDS ID DB02130
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Hennessey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28283, 46.41823 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position WEST OF OLD BALDY MTN. ON DIVIDE BETWEEN RUBY CREEK AND BASIN CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.8 KM SE OF PAUPER MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY. WESTERN DUMP .023 MR/HR. EASTERN DUMP .016 MR/HR. BACKGROUND IS .005 MR/HR. RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL UNIDENTIFIED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (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) -112.28283, 46.41823

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip STEEPLY NORTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone In Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MBMG BULL 16, P. 103.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED VERTICAL SHAFTS, SHORT ADITS, AND SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references