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Nettie Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012452
MRDS ID D008092
Record type Site
Current site name Nettie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09532, 46.66907 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 9.2 KM NNW OF HELEN'S CITY HALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 004W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF BLUE BIRD MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS OF FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

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) -112.09532, 46.66907
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Dip MODERATE TO E OR NE
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scratchgravel Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Robinson

Comments on the production information

  • 200 TONS OF ORE AT $40/TON AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 54.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLING SHAFT, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS CROSSED BY SEVERAL N-S FAULTS, WITH A DOWN THROW IN THE EAST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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