Armstrong Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Uranium
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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101933
MRDS ID DB02148
Record type Site
Current site name Armstrong Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2845, 46.48073 (WGS84)
Relative position MINNEHAHA GULCH, 16 MILES SW OF HELENA; 4 MILES FROM RIMINI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Brothers(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005W 06 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.7 KM NW OF LEE MTN, W SIDE OF MINNEHANA GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result WEAK RADIOACTIVITY .007-.015 MR/HOUR ON ALL DUMPS. 9.52% PB, 7.6% ZN, 0.243 AU, 11.5 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2845, 46.48073

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Trending East, Dip 80n

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 80-85N
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone In Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9.52% Pb, 7.6% Zn, .243 Au, 11.5 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 325g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 7g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ZINC IS A LIABILITY SINCE PENALIZED AT THE MILL, SHOULD BE MILLED WITH FLOATATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS ALL CONNECTED BY STOPES ALONG THE VEIN, VERTICAL STOPE RANGE 300 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

External references