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Rena Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105543
MRDS ID W007459
Record type Site
Current site name Rena Mine
Related records 10197095

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88367, 45.31407 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ermont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 18 Montana

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Missoula;Jefferson
    Rock description Missoula;Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.88367, 45.31407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 60 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer Homer Lawrence & John Mills

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Western Mining And Exploration Co.
    Home office Dillon, Mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 95.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6.

  • Production

    GEACH, R. D., 1972, MT. BUREAU OF MINES OF GEOLOGY BULL. 85.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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