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Nellie Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019645
MRDS ID DC11039
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie Mine
Alternate or previous names Mascot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40699, 46.03379 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.1 KM E OF ELK PARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park Pass(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 003N 007W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 6.2 KM SW OF WHITETALL PEAK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description 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 > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40699, 46.03379
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1752.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 50 FT SHAFTS, 6 ADITS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED AND 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-19-1961

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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