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North Lavain

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107924
MRDS ID D004278
Record type Site
Current site name North Lavain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95975, 45.2299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 4 MILES SSW OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cirque Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(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 007S 003W 15 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE MINE IS LOCATED JUST NW OF EASTON-PACIFIC MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Gangue
Tetrahedrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SHIPPING ORE ASSAYED AT $15 TO $28 A TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Belt Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95975, 45.2299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aplite Intrusion In Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gilbert And Wright
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1935, ABOUT 40 TONS OF SHIPPING GRADE ORE WAS READY TO SHIP.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, USBM INF. CIR. 6972, P. 57

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 6972

  • Production

    LORAIN, P 57

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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