Londonderry Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019766
MRDS ID DC11431
Record type Site
Current site name Londonderry Mine
Alternate or previous names Goldonna Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24481, 46.47295 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.2 KM NW OF MAXVILLE, W BANK OF FLINT CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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 008N 013W 04;5 NW OF SW (04); NE OF SE (05) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ON BORDER OF SECTIONS 4 AND 5.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result $6.50/TON AU, 50 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Newland Formation
    Rock description Newland Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24481, 46.47295

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 70 SW
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Maxville District

Comments on the production information

  • FIVE CARS OF ORE. (PRE 1906). PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED FOR 1913, 1917,1923, 1925, 1926, 1938.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNELS, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 259.

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, G.E., 1959, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1913, 1917, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1938.

  • Production

    EMMONS, 1913, USGS PROF PAPER 78. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS
Deposit SHORT ADITS, OPENCUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 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.

External references