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Ella Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Copper, Gold
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019552
MRDS ID DC10809
Record type Site
Current site name Ella Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50089, 46.02629 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position IN THE VALLEY OF THE SILVER BOW CREEK, E OF LEONARD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 08 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1-20 OZ OF AG
Result TRACE OF CU AND AU.

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) -112.50089, 46.02629
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 70N
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 254-55, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER DECREASES DOWNWARD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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