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Nevada Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010809
MRDS ID D004792
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58781, 45.03434 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 12.5 AIR MILES SOUTH OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ashbough Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008W 009S 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 OF NE 1/4, SECTION 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.93 % CU, 0.20 % ZN, 0.35 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.004 OZ AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58781, 45.03434
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH - SOUTH
    Dip W
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1934

Mining district

District name Blacktail Range Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jess Roberts
    Home office Dillon, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 8 CARLOADS.

Comments on the workings information

  • 240-FT. ADIT TRENDS N30E. UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHORT DRIFTS AND A STOPE 30 FT. HIGH BY 25 FT. LONG.

Comments on development

  • FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 159.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 15, P. 5

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85, MEM. 15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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