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Blue - Eyed Maggie Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071370
MRDS ID W014712
Record type Site
Current site name Blue - Eyed Maggie Mine
Related records 10294939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58367, 46.37518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 11.2 KM ESE OF DEER LODGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baggs Creek(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)

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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 008W 10 N2 OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF ROCKER GULCH JUST BELOW THE FLAT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Stibnite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification & Oxidation, Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result AU:1-1.5 OZ/TON
Result AG: 42-63 OZ/TON
Result PB: 2-6%
Result ZN: TO 6%
Result CU: 0.1-0.5%
Result MN: 2-3.5%
Result FE: 11-18%
Result AS: 3-21%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58367, 46.37518
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault 40 Ft. W Of Main Workings - Strikes N 15 W Dips 60 E. An E - W Fracture Strikes N 70 E Dips 75 Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 - 50 W
    Dip 20 NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Produced By Low Angle Reverse Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOW ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Emery (Zosell) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Higgins, James
    Home office Deer Lodge, Montana

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS 1910-1941

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE INTERSECTION OF THE SWAN-SABBATH DAY VEIN WITH THE BLUE EYED MAGGIE OR EMERY VEIN MIGHT BE INVESTIGATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 170 FT ADIT INCLINED 8-10 DEG WITH DRIFTS W AND N ALONG FAULT. 2 ADITION ADITS, 4 LEVELS, A WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 34

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 18, 19, 57.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 277-79.

  • Production

    USGS BULL 842, P. 277; MBMG BULL 98, P. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS CONTAINED WITHIN WELL-DEFINED WALLS. A MINOR FAULT TRENDING N 70 E AND DIPPING 75 NW DISPLACES THE VEIN ABOUT 1 FT. ABOUT 40 FT W OF MAIN WORKINGS ANOTHER FAULT, STRIKE N 15 W AND DIP 60 E, DISPLACES THE VEIN 22 FT. OXIDIZED OR IS RICHER IN AU, AG AND PB. THE WALL ROCK WAS HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AND INTRODUCED THE SULFIDE MINERALS. THE VEIN HAS A DIP LENGTH OF 200 FT.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S - EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-76 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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