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Blue-Eyed Nellie District

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Limestone, General, Silica, Zinc, Copper, Dolomite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013317
MRDS ID D009542
Record type Site
Current site name Blue-Eyed Nellie District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05924, 46.17989 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position THE DRAINAGE OF THE BLUE EYED NELLIE STREAM., 1 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 11,12,13,14,23,24,25,26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Limestone, General Secondary
Silica Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Dolomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limestone Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Quadrant Formation;Madison Group;Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Quadrant Formation;Madison Group;Hasmark Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05924, 46.17989
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Blue Eyed Nellie District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LST FIGURE CAN BE TAKEN AS A REASONABLE APPROXIMATION OF ANNUAL PRODUCTION AROUND 1970'S.

Comments on development

  • VIRTUALLY ALL PRODUCTION OF ORE CAME FROM THE BLUE-EYED NELLIE MINE. 1894 BROWN'S QUARRY WAS FILED. BLUE EYED NELLIE CREEK QUARRY;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 14, 51, 53.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 243.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 44, P. 20-22, 25.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 14, 51.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 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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