Minnesota Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015871
MRDS ID DB02142
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12449, 46.38601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689
Relative position 4.2 KM NW OF WICKES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 05,04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON CLANCY CREEK, A SHORT DISTANCE W OF THE OLD TOWN OF GREGORY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Tourmalinization, Pyritization, Partly Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12449, 46.38601

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Fault Cuts Vein Off At Eastern End, Displacement Unknown

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLIPPAGE SHOWN ON MOST CONTACTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edna M. Adamson, V.H. Manuel, And E.R. Manuel
    Home office Helena Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE BEFORE 1900.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES. MOST OF WORKINGS FLOODED

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS AND A MILL SITE: MINNESOTA, CHARLOTTE AND MILL SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN SMALL VEINS THAT CUT BOTH ANDESITE AND GRANITE. PRODUCTIVE PART OF VEIN IN GRANITE. VEIN DIPS FROM 80 N TO 80 S AND CONTAINS 2 ORE BODIES. AN ALTERED ZONE 75 FT S OF MAIN VEIN CONTAINS 2 OTHER VEINS THAT STRIKE N 85 E AND DIP 80 S. THEY ARE MADE OF STRINGERS OF QUARTZ AND TOURMALINE ACROSS A WIDTH OF 15 IN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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