Logan Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019192
MRDS ID DC09001
Record type Site
Current site name Logan Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Star, Silver Star, Skeets No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.95283, 45.17684 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 2.5 AIR MILES NE OF BANNACK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 011W 33 CENTER OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.95283, 45.17684

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Trends N-S, 15e. Thrust Fault Strikes North And Dips West.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 60 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes, Recrystallized Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue Wing District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monroe Mann (Estate)
    First year 1931

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    BERGER, B.R., AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOCHEM. RECON. OF MINING DISTRICTS, MONT: U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1426

  • Deposit

    USGS MGI I-433

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, 1970, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    1965 GEOLMAP W.R. LOWELL, U.S.G.S. MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-433

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON B.R. BERGER, U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1426

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.