Nelson and Dan 1 and 2 Mines

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019083
MRDS ID DC08542
Record type Site
Current site name Nelson and Dan 1 and 2 Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27231, 46.81711 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.2 KM SE OF REYNOLD CITY CEM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Granite
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 013W 05,06,07,08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON DIVIDE BETWEEN BEAR CREEK AND ELK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27231, 46.81711

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Top O'Deep District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Trend Mining Co.
    Home office Box 96, Kellogg, Id 83837
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nelson Mines, Inc.
    Home office Harold G. Nelson, Sr., Greenough Mt., 59836

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 72, P.20

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100, P. 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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.