Black Magic Mine

Occurrence in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019818
MRDS ID DC11645
Record type Site
Current site name Black Magic Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13808, 45.2524 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laurin Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 004W 06 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Wad Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE PILE SAMPLE ASSAYED 15.2% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13808, 45.2524

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD, NODULE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL NODULES, PODS OF MN OXIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mcdonald, A.A, Ettien, J.C, And Hanifen, P.D.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shields, G.A., And Craddock, E.L.
    First year 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • 43 FT ADIT, SEVERAL PITS

Comments on development

  • 3 UNPAT LODE CLAIMS- BLACK MAGIC, BLACK BONANZA, AND BLACK MARIA. WORKINGS ARE ON BLACK MAGIC CL. DMEA MAPPED PROPERTY IN 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA FILE 2691

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-19-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS OF MN OCCUR WITHIN SHEAR ZONES AND BETWEEN BOULDERS IN FANGLOMERATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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