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Lexington Mine

Past Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196358
MRDS ID W014737
MAS/MILS ID 0300130009
Record type Site
Current site name Lexington Mine
Related records 10105726

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.71084, 46.94661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(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 Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 008 E 28 SESWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.71084, 46.94661
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 0.9M
    Length 210M
    Width 46M
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20E:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 2.8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.8
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1891

Mining district

District name Neihart Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lexington Silver-Lead Mining Co.
    Interest 99
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES AND RESOURCE QUANTITIES ESTIMATED BY EVALUATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM G BULL 95 P6

  • Deposit

    MBM G IC 20, 1957 P.12

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7589, 1951, P.45,79

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 30, P.20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcclernan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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