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Venus Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015838
MRDS ID DB02091
Record type Site
Current site name Venus Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.28339, 46.41768 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 16.2 KM NNW OF BASIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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

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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 25 SE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF BASIN CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.28339, 46.41768
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Most Concentrated In (Vertically Sheeted) Joint Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD DISSEMINATED WITH PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE IN RHYOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1898
    Period 1892-1898
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.1 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • VALUED AT $8000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 21.34M
    Overall length 42.67M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS, GLORY HOLE 25 FT. DEEP, 10 STAMP MILL

Comments on development

  • 1892 MILL WAS PUT IN AT VENUS MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-79 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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