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Sweeney Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10220824
MRDS ID W013428
MAS/MILS ID 0300010240
Record type Site
Current site name Sweeney Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonanza 2 Mine, Bonanza Ii, S.S. & R.
Related records 10070479

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.01148, 44.7266 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tepee Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013 S 012 W 01 SWSESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 4.5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4.5
    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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. IC 20, 1957, P. 6.

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 20, 1960, P. 7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-APR-94 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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