| 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: | -112.15782, 46.40768 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1798 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 10 MILES SW OF CLANCY, MONTANA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Jefferson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008N | 004W | 31 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 51 TONS ASSAYED 0.24% U3O8 ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF 15 TONS ASSAYED 0.28% U3O8 |
|---|
| 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) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.15782, 46.40768 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| General form | PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEG E |
| Dip | 70 DEG SE |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 70.1M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| District name | Clancy-Lump Gulch District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nieminen, D. |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eiselein, A. H. |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nelligan, M. |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1952-1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.26% U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060813 |
MBMG BULL 16, P. 51.
USGS PP 428, P. 40, 42, 70, 79, 80, PL. 1.
1952 GEOLMAP USGS PROF. PAPER 42
DMEA FILES
| 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. |
| 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 |
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