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Beatrice Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101938
MRDS ID DB02179
Record type Site
Current site name Beatrice Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30506, 46.48129 (WGS84)
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF THE W FORK OF MINNEHAHA CREEK.

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 006W 01 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE E FLANK OF JERICMO MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

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) -112.30506, 46.48129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trends N 85 W, Dips 80s

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

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

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENT OF SILICIOUS GOLD AND SILVER ORE IN 1903

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, INCLINED SHAFT, CAVED

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.

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