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Eureka Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc
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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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015924
MRDS ID DB02217
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.23838, 46.47323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position ABOUT 1.7 KM SW OF RIMINI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(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

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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON NW SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN, 1.7 KM FROM THE SUMMIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

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

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) -112.23838, 46.47323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Mountain Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip STEEPS TO THE SOUTH
    Length 141.73M
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1865

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Montana Lead Co.

Comments on the production information

  • "CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION", HIGH GRADE ORE. 1865-1883 ORE SHIPPED TO NEWARK, N.J.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 577.29M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS 140 FT APART VERTICALLY, A SHAFT, AND A DRIFT THAT RUNS EASTWARD FROM THE SHAFT FOR 462 FT. THE LOWER ADIT IS 890 FT. IT HAD AN AERIL TRAM TO THE RR AT RIMINI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-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.

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