Julia Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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. 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015866
MRDS ID DB02133
Record type Site
Current site name Julia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.38006, 46.46573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1KM NE OF TREASURE MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008W 006W 05,08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF A SMALL TRIBUTARY THAT JOINS TELEGRAPH CREEK AT HUB CAMP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Slight Pyritization Of Wall Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.38006, 46.46573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike ESE
    Dip 80 S
    Length 365.76M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AU DECREASED AND AG INCREASED WITH INCREASING DEPTH WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE OF OXIDATION OR ENRICHMENT. TETRAHEDRITE HAS HIGH AG CONTENT. THE ORE SHOWS DEPOSITION TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING TWO OR MORE PERIODS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer George Mack

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Friedereichs
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • USGS BULL 842.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4572M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, HAS LEVELS ON THE 200 & 300 FT LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS INCLOSED WITHIN WELL DEFINED WALLS OF GRANITE. ALONG THE WALLS THERE IS CONSIDERABLE GOUGE DUE TO POST MINERAL MOVEMENT. ON THE 300 FT LEVEL THE VEIN HAS BEEN MINED 300 FT W AND 900 FT E TO AN ANDESITE CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 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.

External references