Loeber Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019778
MRDS ID DC11457
Record type Site
Current site name Loeber Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20921, 46.44712 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 5.5 KM SE OF RUMINI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 15 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Polybasite Gangue
Proustite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

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) -112.20921, 46.44712

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, VEINLETS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. Beaver
    Home office 589 N. Main St. Helena, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Pew
    Home office C/O Monida Vaughn, 937 11th Ave.Helena, Mt. 59601

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED FOR 1960, 1961.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 30, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 14, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 43, 106.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1960, 1961

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 106. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOG-LEG SHAPED VEIN, STRIKE N 76 E AND DIPS 60 SE NEAR PORTAL, STRIKES S 82 E AND DIPS 52 SW AT FACE OF ADIT. VEINLETS ARE FROM 3-6 IN WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 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.