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January Mine

Past Producer in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042415
MRDS ID M060198
Record type Site
Current site name January Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69281, 46.42018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 5 MILES SSW OF MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 001W 26 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization In Monzonite.

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF ALL RECOVERED ORE (1901-48) 0.108 OZ AU AND 5.3 OZ AG/TON, 0.11% CU, 5% PB, 3.4% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name January Stock-Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description January Stock-Quartz Monzonite;Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics-Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69281, 46.42018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 55 DEG N
    Plunge direction E
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 137.16M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867

Mining district

District name Winston Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George O. E., Neill

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Period 1899 - 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Au/T, 21 Oz Ag/T, 19 % Pb, 1 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 19wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 593g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Period 1899 - 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.6 Oz Au/T, 14 Oz Ag/T, 13 % Pb, 4 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 13wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 395g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 17wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Period 1899 - 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.45 Oz Au/T, 25 Oz Ag/T, 27 % Pb, 17 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 17wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 27wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 706g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 13g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CONTINUED AFTER 1953. PRODUCTION YEARS 1899 - 1948 , 1952 - 1953.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ON 6 LEVELS BY ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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