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Ella Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015894
MRDS ID DB02173
Record type Site
Current site name Ella Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08727, 46.67796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position WEST SIDE OF SCRATCHGRAVEL PEAK 250 FT. BELOW THE SUMMIT

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 27 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 KM ENE OF REGINA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO ASSAY AT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    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) -112.08727, 46.67796
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN WITH WELL-DEFINED AND REGULAR WALLS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 40-60W
    Length 18.29M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERED MONZONITE

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 259.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOT WITH FORM OF FLATTENED PIPE, GREATEST DIAMETER 4 FT., WITH FLAKES OF NATIVE GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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