Ida M. Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019380
MRDS ID DC09894
Record type Site
Current site name Ida M. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21199, 46.33046 (WGS84)
Elevation 2248
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.8 KM NW OF COMET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 005W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINING THE BOULDER CHIEF CLAIM ON THE W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21199, 46.33046

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRIOR 1937

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. Mcphearson
    Home office Spokane, Wa.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT WHICH WAS CAVED IN 1950.

Comments on development

  • LAST OPERATED IN 1937.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORE DEPOSIT AND THE GRANITE-ANDESITE CONTACT IS NOT KNOWN. THE OUTCROP OF THE VEIN ISDEEPLY COVERED WITH OVERBURDEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-81 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