Nellie Grant Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102036
MRDS ID DC11455
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie Grant Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20227, 46.44073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6.2 KM SE OF RUMINI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF SW, 14 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    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) -112.20227, 46.44073

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 82 W
    Dip 61 SW
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barmont Mines, Inc.
    Home office 2624 Edwards St., Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Pew
    Home office C/O Monida Vaughn, 937 11th Ave.Helena, Mt. 59601

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCING, 1961 . PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED FOR 1958, 1960, 1965.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DRIFTS, ADITS, 80FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 43, 106.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 14 P. 19.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 62, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1958, 1960, 1965.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 106. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE HANGING WALL IS A STRONG PLANE SURFACE, BUT THE FOOTWALL FOR SEVERAL FEET FROM THE VEIN IS CUT BY MANY NARROW STRINGERS THAT BRANCH FROM THE VEIN AND GO INTO THE WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 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.

External references