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Unnamed Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101559
MRDS ID D004793
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54893, 45.12323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 7.6 MI S33E OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashbough Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 008W 23 CENTER Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

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) -112.54893, 45.12323
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW LAYERS
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED DURING THE GOVERNMENT STOCKPILING PROGRAM.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 156-157

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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