Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070487
MRDS ID W013438
Record type Site
Current site name Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine
Related records 10197100

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06147, 46.18322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4.1 KM WNW OF STUMP TOWN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SIDE OF BLUE EYED NELLIE GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EMMONS & CALKINS (1913) REPORT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF SILVER TAKEN FROM MINE BUT EARLL'S EXAMINATION, (1972) REVEALED NO NATIVE SILVER IN SPECIMENS EXAMINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 700 PPM AG
Result GT 20000 PPM PB
Result GT 10000 PPM ZN
Result 7000 PPM CU
Result 3000 PPM SB
Result 500 PPM CD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06147, 46.18322

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Blue Eyed Nellie District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cloeter, John
    Home office 2000 S. Freeway, Tuscon, Az
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, Charles
    Home office 924 Burnside, Portland, Oregon

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $1000000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 800M
    Overall depth 200M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, TEST PITS, SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 243.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 19.

  • Production

    EARLL, 1972, MBMG BULL. 84 MBMG MEM 31, P. 19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLL REPORTS ORE FOUND IN THREE STEEPLY DIPPING SOUTHWARD SHOOTS IN AN EN ECHELON PATTERN.
Deposit TOTAL DISTRUBED AREA IS GREATER THAN 150 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 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.

External references