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Emma Nevada Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102029
MRDS ID DC11358
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Nevada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.64533, 45.6974 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 5 MILES NNE OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melrose(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 008W 06 NW OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Lahood
    Rock description Lahood
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Trends N30e, 15e. Rock Is Cut By Several Faults Trending N30w.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NEAR SURFACE HORN SILVER DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years PRE-1914

Mining district

District name Melrose (Soap Gulch) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $46,000 IN AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 574, P. 93.

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U.M., 1950, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS-ROCHESTER DIST., MADISON CO., MT: MT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM. 19, P. 51

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-23-1963

  • Deposit

    1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574

  • Deposit

    1950 GEOLMAP MBMG MEMOIR 19.

  • Production

    MBMG MEM. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW ORE BODY WAS CUT OFF BY A TALC-LIKE DEPOSIT AND SUBSEQUENT EXPLORATION FAILED TO DEVELOP THE CONTINUATION OF THE ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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