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Pen Yan Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019630
MRDS ID DC11004
Record type Site
Current site name Pen Yan Mine
Alternate or previous names Penn Yan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17727, 46.35823 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.2 KM N OF COMET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 005W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF OCCIDENTAL PLATEAU. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite Flows And Dikes;Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Quartz Latite Flows And Dikes;Butte Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17727, 46.35823
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bluebird-Mount Washington Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Williams, Boulder; Stanley Reilly, Wickes; Paul Smith, Helena;,Maurice Nelligaan, Boulder.

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY HAS PRODUCED OVER $200000 BY 1940.

Comments on the workings information

  • 215 FT SHAFT, LEVELS AT 50, 80, 120, 200 FT. 120 FT LEVEL CONNECTS WITH BLUEBIRD MINE.

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM, MILL SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 72-3, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 42.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 53. MBMG MEM 20, P. 42.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS SAID TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE BLUEBIRD VEIN

Reporter information

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

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