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Little Mina

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101736
MRDS ID D008079
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mina

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52867, 46.0199 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.7 KM W OF MEADERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 07 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF NIPPER MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Enargite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IN 1900 40 % PB, 275 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52867, 46.0199
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40-50 W
    Dip 64S
    Length 2413.95M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 487.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKED VEIN CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE 150 TO 1000 FT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKED MAINLY ON THE NW PART OF THE BLUE VEIN. THE BLUE VEIN SPLITS IN THIS MINE, AND THEY BOTH CARRY ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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