Ladysmith Mine

Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  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 10108489
MRDS ID DC09702
Record type Site
Current site name Ladysmith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.46423, 46.67768 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 007W 27,28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • .5 TO 1.0 MILE W. OF ARNOLD AND FLAGSTAFF MINES. (ON W. SIDE OF RIDGE W. OF SNOWSHOE GULCH)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.46423, 46.67768

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: W IN ZONE SEVERAL 100 YARDS LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, SW, 1944, WRITTEN COMM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit .53% W OXIDE IN 222 TON SHIPMENT FROM ARNOLD AND LADYSMITH MINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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