Minah

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10196524
MAS/MILS ID 0300430089
Record type Site
Current site name Minah

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.13008, 46.3632 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 004 W 17 NWNWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.13008, 46.3632

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-103.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 16, 1960,

  • Deposit

    P. 51, ROBY-ETAL.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY IC 20, 1957, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 31, 1950, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 842, 1933, P. 243, PARDEE &

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 428, 1963, P. 74,

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT-ETAL.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4359, 1948, LORAIN & HUNDHAUSEN.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED FILE DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors THE MINAH MINE BECAME PART OF THE MONTANA TUNNELS PROJECT IN 1989. ALL FEATURES OF THE MINAH MINE HAVE BEEN OBLITERATED; CONSEQUENTLY, NO SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-94 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references