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Lost Lode Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101558
MRDS ID D004788
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Lode Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06892, 45.24796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 5.5 AIR MILES SOUTH OF ALDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 004W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, SECTION 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Series
    Rock description Pre Belt Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06892, 45.24796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE, POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Mccale
    Home office Virginia City
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jos. Lopez, Alder; J. Marisle, Seattle

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K., AND ACKERMAN, W., 19598 DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958; MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 10, P. 41

  • Deposit

    DMEA FILE 4983

  • Production

    18 LONG TONS OF 24.7 % MN ORE PRODUCED IN 1950'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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