Minnie Jane Mine

Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019804
MRDS ID DC11591
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Jane Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57783, 46.00823 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position W SE

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 15 W2 OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.8 KM SE OF BIG BUTTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz 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) -112.57783, 46.00823

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TO 40 FT WIDE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manganese Dioxide, Manganese Carbonate, Argentite, Sphalerite, Galena, Gold

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Max M. Mogus, 728 N. Excelsior, Butte, Mt. And Al Stoval, 1644 Falm Craft Drive, Phoenix, Az.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Butte Mines Merger Corp.
    Home office C/0 Elizabeth W. White, 1873 Phillips Ave. Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO 1950 $800000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 98.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1922-25, 1937-39, 1952-56.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM 31; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 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.