Minnie Lee Prospect

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Chromium
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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105634
MRDS ID W013389
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Lee Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Tail No. 1, Minnie Lee 1 & 2 Mines, Lucky Seven
Related records 10148527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28897, 46.12822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7 KM SOUTH OF HWY 10A VIA STORM LAKE ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004N 014W 01,02 W2 (01); E2 (02) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WALKER INCORRECTLY SHOWS MINNIE LEE IN SECTION 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 50 PPM AG
Result 500 PPM CR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.28897, 46.12822

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.5M
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Anaconda Range Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. A. Sherrill
  • Type Owner
    Owner D. And R. Eccleston, B. Pruish, F. Roc, B. Fitzpatrick.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 8M
    Overall length 27.43M
    Overall width 5M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 5612, P. 2, 27, 29, 38, 40

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 49, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    1958 GEOLMAP USBM WALKE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JEFFERSON LST STRIKES N 45 E DIPS 30 SE. SCHEELITE IS PERSISTENT IN A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN. VEIN AVERAGES 1 FT IN WIDTH AND IS EXPOSED FOR 100 FT. IT HAS A VERTICAL RANGE OF 25 FT.
Deposit JEFFERSON LIMESTONE STRIKES N 45 E DIPS 30 DEG SE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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