Emma Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019741
MRDS ID DC11341
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51699, 45.59823 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 7 AIR MILES NE OF MCCARTNEY'S MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nez Perce Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 007W 06 SE OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE SULPHIDE ORE ASSAYED 51.80% PB, 38.20 OZ. AG/TON, AND 0.10 OZ. AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51699, 45.59823

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Pegmatite, Andesite And Dolerite Dikes.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 36 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Length 914.4M
    Width 2.13M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SULFIDE MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Rochester District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Camilia Gage
    Home office Twin Bridges
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • GREATEST ACTIVITY WAS FROM 1928-1932.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 550 FT. INCLINE SHAFT WITH LEVELS ABOUT 70 FT. APART

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE CLOSED LARGELY BECAUSE OF DECREASE IN LEAD-SILVER PRICES. (SAHINEN, 1950)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REYNER, M.L., 1950, DIRECTORY OF MINING PROPERTIES, 1949: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEMOIR 31, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, F., CROWLEY, F.A., AND SAHINEN, U.M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS-LEAD AND ZINC MINING: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULLETIN 30, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 19, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-31-1962

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 1

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-164. [copied from deleted record 10124769]

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EMMA VEIN IS FROM 3 TO 7 FEET WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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.

External references