Meadow Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042783
MRDS ID M060810
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Mine
Alternate or previous names Haab
Related records 10294817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.96671, 46.56601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1271
Relative position 1.5 MILES NNE OF CLANCY, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Helena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon Ferry Dam(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 003W 03 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CRUDE ORE SHIPPED CONTAINED 130 OZ AG/TON, 2% PB, 8% ZN, 0.05% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite
    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) -111.96671, 46.56601

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike W
    Dip 85 N
    Length 243.84M
    Width 4.57M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Winston Brothers
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mascot Silver-Lead Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Haab, Albert

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period 1949-1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^34.2 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.6 % Pb, 0.05 % Cu, 4.4 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 966g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES ABOUT 3 TIMES RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT FROM WHICH 3 LEVELS ARE TURNED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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