Lone Eagle Quartz Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Uranium, Silver, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10042785
MRDS ID M060813
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Eagle Quartz Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Eagle Mine
Related records 10246142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15782, 46.40768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 10 MILES SW OF CLANCY, MONTANA

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 004W 31 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 10.2 KM WNW OF JEFFERSON CITY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Feldspars Altered To Sericite And Clay; Some Silicification

Analytical data

Result 51 TONS ASSAYED 0.24% U3O8 ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF 15 TONS ASSAYED 0.28% U3O8

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) -112.15782, 46.40768

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 70.1M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1953

Mining district

District name Clancy-Lump Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nieminen, D.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eiselein, A. H.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nelligan, M.

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1952-1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.26% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK INCLUDES TWO ADITS, ONE 50 FT. ABOVE THE OTHER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 40, 42, 70, 79, 80, PL. 1.

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP USGS PROF. PAPER 42

  • Reserve-Resource

    DMEA FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS OFFSET A FEW FT TO THE RT BY FAULTS THAT STRIKE E OR NW AND DIP STEEPLY. NE OF CROSSCUT THE U-BEARING VEIN SPLITS INTO 2 PARTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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