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Frohner Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019777
MRDS ID DC11456
Record type Site
Current site name Frohner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20782, 46.44157 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.1 KM SE OF RIMINI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 008N 005W 14,15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.8 KM NW OF LAVA MT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -112.20782, 46.44157
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Pew
    Home office C/O Monida Vaughn, 937 11th Ave.Helena, Mt. 59601

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT WITH AT LEAST 2000 FT OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS NOW CAVED. SMALL FLOATATION WAS BUILT TO RE-TREAT THE ORIGINAL MILL TAILINGS.

Comments on development

  • 12 PATENTED CLAIMS. FROHNER ONE OF THE FIRST MINES IN THE REGION TO BE WORKED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 42

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 62.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 106.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN ZONE IS ABOUT 40 FT WIDE, BUT THE ORE IS IN SHOOTS AND BUNCHES.

Reporter information

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