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Welcome Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019681
MRDS ID DC11120
Record type Site
Current site name Welcome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.14758, 46.23045 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 0.4 KM WEST OF THE SUMMIT OF WELCOME HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 012N 31 SE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyromorphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1000 PPM AG; GT 2000 PPM PB; GT 10000 PPM ZN; 200 PPM CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.14758, 46.23045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pockets In The Fractured Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHALE OUT CROPS 250 FT ABOVE MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Johnson Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ORE (1904)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, WINZES, RISES, UNSAFE 1907

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRUBED ACRES 4. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 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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