Annie Marony Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Lead, Copper
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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019407
MRDS ID DC09955
Record type Site
Current site name Annie Marony Mine
Alternate or previous names Climax Mine, Marony Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26064, 46.32489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.7 KM ESE OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 29 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT S OF THE PEARL MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40% MN
Result 20% SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26064, 46.32489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, FLATTEN PIPE (MN)
    Strike E
    Dip 80 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Comments on the production information

  • FEW THOUSAND TONS MN, CONSIDERABLE RESERVE (CLIMAX).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 295.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT, TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN COMPOSED OF CLAY GOUGE AND CRUSHED QUARTZ. LOCALLY SMALL BUNCHES OF GALENA. MARONEY AND CLIMAX HAS MANGANESE OXIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-80 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.