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Lottie Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019013
MRDS ID DC08204
Record type Site
Current site name Lottie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19254, 45.5624 (WGS84)
Elevation 2096
Relative position 7 MILES NE OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 23 NW OF NW Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Gouge, Brecciation

Analytical data

Result FOURTEEN SAMPLE ASSAYS APPEAR IN BULLETIN 24, P. 51.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite;Andesite Dike
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite;Andesite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19254, 45.5624
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Center Fault Trends N40e, 50w. Several Other N40e Trending Faults, E Flank Of Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast And Northwest Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 60 E
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS AS INCLUSIONS IN SPHALERITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tripplet, V., And Shipp, J.

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS ONE OF LARGER PRODUCERS IN DISTRICT, BUT FIGURES ARE UNAVAILABLE. JOHNS ESTIMATES MINING OF 50 RAILROAD CARS OF ORE FROM STOPES AND RAISES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 600, 200, 50 AND 100 FT. LONG, 300 FT. OF DRIFTS, 150 FT OF CROSS-CUTS, 30-FT RAISE, THREE 80-FT. WINZES. ONE SHAFT OF UNSPECIFIED EXTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F.C., 1935, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 15, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-03-1962

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 24

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 28.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FROM 1 TO 2.5 FEET WIDE, STRIKES FROM E-W TO N50W.
Deposit MINE OPERATED IN 30'S; CHANGED OWNERSHIP IN 1956. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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