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Nile Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015897
MRDS ID DB02178
Record type Site
Current site name Nile Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36617, 46.73796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF TOWSLEY GULCH, WEST OF THE BELL BOY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 006W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.8 KM SE OF MT BELMONT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.36617, 46.73796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Marysville Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 70-75S
    Length 402.33M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wallace Birkhead And Others
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE RICH IN GALENA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 381M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ADIT, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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