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Stella Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102063
MRDS ID DC12037
Record type Site
Current site name Stella Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34394, 45.67712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF BULLDOG MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Star(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 006W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SECTION 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Belt Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34394, 45.67712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip 45 S
    Length 35.05M
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dolerite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDIZED SULFIDE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Star District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. Lahey, H. Shute
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1935
  • Type Owner
    Owner B. Yarbrough, J. Lesage
    Home office Silver Star
    First year 1935

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.15M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 320 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, AND 2 DRIFTS, 100 AND 140 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    F.C. GILBERT, 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 15, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-23-1963

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 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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