1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Sweeney Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10070479
MRDS ID W013428
Record type Site
Current site name Sweeney Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Ii
Related records 10220824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.01032, 44.73157 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position ABOUT 27 MILES S - SW OF CLARK CANYON DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tepee Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013S 012W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ONE MILE EAST OF MEDICINE LODGE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Group, Limestones
    Rock description Madison Group, Limestones
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartzofeldspathic gneiss
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 53 SE
    Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Lies In The Limestone Near A Granite Gneiss Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Medicine Lodge - Cabin Creek District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Sweeney

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED 385 LB CU AT 0.03% FROM 596 ST ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY THREE ADITS. STRIKE AND DIP FROM MAIN VEIN. ANOTHER ADIT 65 FT. BELOW MAIN ONE; THIRD IS 180 FT. WEST OF LOWER ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1972, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS - BEAVERHEAD CO., MT. BUREAU MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 85

  • Production

    GEACH, 1972, MBMG BULL. 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site