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Leah Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097894
MRDS ID D011301
Record type Site
Current site name Leah Mine
Alternate or previous names Apex and Leah

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0167, 45.91018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 1.2 MI N55E OF WHITEHALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 002N 003W 19 NE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Greyson
    Rock description Greyson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0167, 45.91018
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1935-1943
    Material PB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.024%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, A, 1966 M.S, BUTTE, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI. AND TECH, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, 1960, P. 115.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 115

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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