Ida Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Antimony
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101891
MRDS ID D011277
Record type Site
Current site name Ida Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47589, 46.00268 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 KM SW OF COLUMBIA GARDENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 21 N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEXT TO THE ALTONA MINE, ON THE SOUTH, COVERING BOTH SIDES OF A SMALL GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80NW
    Thickness 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE GULCH, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHAFTS AND DRIFTS ARE IN APLITE RICH IN MOLYBDENITE, ALSO THER IS A SMALL VEIN DISCRIBED ABOVE- IT IS BANDED RHODONITE, WITH STREAKS OF ORE. IT IS CUT OFF AND DISLOCATED BY AND E-W FAULT 4 IN. THICK, FILLED WITH CLAY AND DIPPING 60 S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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