Lavena Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese
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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019568
MRDS ID DC10837
Record type Site
Current site name Lavena Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60228, 46.02073 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.2-KM N OF BIG BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 008W 09 SW OF SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description 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 > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

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
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ernest Simon And Rudy Fortune
    Home office 315 Fortune St., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1927, 1933, 1934, 1937-1939 IN AG. MN WAS PRODUCED IN 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, 1935, MONT. BM & G, MEM. 15, P. 74

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1927, 1933, 1934, 1937-1939

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK; MBMG BULL 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-82 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.