| Deposit ID | 10015875 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02147 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Nell Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Little Nellie Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.02727, 46.4799 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 10 KM N OF JEFFERSON CITY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Jefferson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008N | 003W | 06 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 100 OZ/TON AG |
|---|
| 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) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.02727, 46.4799 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Strike | N 70 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 85 S |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Depth to top | 18.29M |
| Depth to bottom | 137.16M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clancy-Lump Gulch District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Louis Peura |
| Home office | 1124 6th Ave., Helena, Mt. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Margaret Larson And Mary B. Mead |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02147 |
USGS BULL 842, P. 231.
USGS BULL 527, P. 105.
USGS PP 428, P. 42, 63, 64, PL. 1.
MBMG BULL 16, P. 42, 106.
MBMG BULL 10, P. 28.
MBMG BULL 16, P. 106; USGS BULL 842.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN ZONE, ALTERED MATERIAL AND SMALL VEINS OR VEINLETS |
| 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 |
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