Clara Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148341
MAS/MILS ID 0300010223
Record type Site
Current site name Clara Mine
Alternate or previous names Monty Clinton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.37811, 45.57909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1944
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

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 003 S 014 W 07 NENENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.37811, 45.57909

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-14.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 85, 1972, P. 143.

  • Deposit

    STENTZ, 1975, UNPUBLISHED FOREST SERVICE REPORT, P. 105.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO MILL TAILINGS IDENTIFIED. THE DISCHARGE FROM ONE ADIT FLOWS OVER A PORTION OF WASTE ROCK DUMP #1 PRIOR TO SEEPING BACK INTO THE GROUND. WATER SAMPLES FROM DRY CREEK DOCUMENTED OBSERVED RELEASES OF COPPER, LEAD, IRON AND ZINC ALL DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THIS SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1997 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references