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Winnetka Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019898
MRDS ID DC11840
Record type Site
Current site name Winnetka Mine
Alternate or previous names Winnetaka Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.91197, 45.25323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 003W 01 NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Gangue
Pyrargyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.91197, 45.25323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike S75E
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Fissure Vein.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IN IRREGULAR SHOOTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City (Highland)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. Gohn
    First year 1931

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TANSLEY, ETAL, 1933, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO., MONT., MBMG. MEM 9, P 49

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING IN THE TOBACCO ROOT MTN, MADISON CO., MONT, USBM 6972, P. 53

  • Deposit

    WINCHELL, A, 1914, MINING DISTRICTS OF THE DILLON QUAD., MONT, USGS. BULL. 574, P. 164

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-28-1963

  • Deposit

    1914 COMPILE WINCHELL, BULL 574

  • Deposit

    1933 RECON MBMG, MEM 9.

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM. INF. CIRC. 6972

  • Production

    LORAIN, P. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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