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Minerva Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102013
MRDS ID DC11082
Record type Site
Current site name Minerva Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.04393, 45.92434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 004W 13 NE OF SW Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Gouge

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) -112.04393, 45.92434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 80 S
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Whitehall (Cardwell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 8 PRODUCTION YEARS

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERVA SHAFT, WITH 38 AND 100 FT LEVELS, AND A SMALLER SHAFT TO THE NE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16.

  • Deposit

    ALEXANDER, R.G., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE WHITEHALL AREA, MONTANA YELLOWSTONE-BIGHORN RESEARCH PROJECT, CONTRIBUTION 195, 111 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDQUIST, A.E., STRUCTURE AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WHITEHALL MINING DISTRICT, JEFFERSON CO., MTZ MT. SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, 1966, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE MBMG BULLETIN 1

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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