Minah Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101932
MRDS ID DB02141
Record type Site
Current site name Minah Mine
Alternate or previous names Mina Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13449, 46.36518 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF WICKES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 07,08,17,18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Lowland Creek Volcanics;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lowland Creek Volcanics;Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.13449, 46.36518

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 65 N
    Length 670.56M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph T. Farrow
    Home office 2420 Fir St., Butte, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. T. Nagle
    Home office C/O Edith Briscoe, Helena, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, FOUR MAIN LEVELS

Comments on development

  • 8 LODE CLAIMS, 1 PLACER CLAIM, 1 MILL SITE : IRON DOLLAR, ANNIE B., MINAH, HILLSIDE, IOWA, SAN PEDRO AND MILL SITE, MINAH EAST, HOMESTAKE, AND A PLACER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 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.

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