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Black Ace Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102058
MRDS ID DC11948
Record type Site
Current site name Black Ace Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1967, 45.53462 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF TWIN BRIDGES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • EAST 1/2, NE 1/4, SECTION 34.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ASSAY APPEARS IN BULLETIN 24, P. 49.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1967, 45.53462
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults Trend N30e, 60e, And Northwest.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lewis C. Rollins
    Home office Waterloo
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INACCESSABLE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 10, 1959, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    MONT. B.M. AND GEOL. BULL. 25, 1962, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 24, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-10-1961

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP MBMG BULLETIN 2

  • Production

    MBMG BULLETIN 24.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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