Little Nell Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015875
MRDS ID DB02147
Record type Site
Current site name Little Nell Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Nellie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.02727, 46.4799 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM N OF JEFFERSON CITY.

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 008N 003W 06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S SIDE OF LUMP GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE HIGH IN ZINC IS HIGH IN SILVER CONTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 100 OZ/TON AG

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) -112.02727, 46.4799

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 85 S
    Length 121.92M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to top 18.29M
    Depth to bottom 137.16M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Louis Peura
    Home office 1124 6th Ave., Helena, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Margaret Larson And Mary B. Mead

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION UP TO 1911, IS $400,000 IN ORE. PRODUCTION YEARS 1902-1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 4 LEVELS OF DRIFTS AT 150, 250, 350, AND 450 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ZONE, ALTERED MATERIAL AND SMALL VEINS OR VEINLETS

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