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Evergreen Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, Uranium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019775
MRDS ID DC11450
Record type Site
Current site name Evergreen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24867, 46.46712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783
Relative position 2.4 KM S OF RIMINI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 04,05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF BANNER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 0.29 OZ/TON AU
Result 20.2 OZ/TON AG
Result 13.4% PB
Result 5.4% ZN
Result 5% AS, 0.5% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (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 > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24867, 46.46712
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Mountain Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 80 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEATHERED AND ALTERED ROCK IN THE EVERGREEN VEIN ZONE IS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1942-?
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^655 Tons At 0.29 Oz/Ton Au, 20.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 13.4 % Pb, 5.4 % Zn, 5 % As, 0.5 % Cu.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Arsenic Arsenic 5wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 13wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 570g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • $30,000 TO 1950. USGS PP 428, P. 59.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 OLD ADIT (1880), ANOTHER ADIT (1942), A LEVEL WAS DRIVEN 100 FT LOWER AND ORE WAS STOPED BETWEEN THE LEVELS AND 50 FT ABOVE UPPER LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 33, 59.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 51

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 51.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL UNCONNECTED BUT OVERLAPING VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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