Lee Mountain

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105989
MRDS ID W026541
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Mountain
Related records 10270593

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25089, 46.48518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 0.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIMINI, MONTANA

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 009N;008N 005W;005W 32,33;05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALTITUDE APPROXIMATE, LOCATION FROM U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 428 , PLATE 1 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Sericitization Of Quartz - Monzonite

Analytical data

Result FROM LOWEST TUNNEL: $2-4/TON AU; 20 OZ/TON AG, 10 % PB;

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite(Boulder Ratholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite(Boulder Ratholith)
    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) -112.25089, 46.48518

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Postmineral North - South Faults Dipping 80 Deg W Displacement Horizontal Offset 20 Feet Each, To Westlee Mountain-Valley Forge Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 80 S
    Length 1524M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lee Mountain-Valley Forge Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 428 HAS WITHIN IT A PLATE NO. 1 WHICH CATEGORIZES OR DIFFERENTIATES WITHIN THE BOULDER BATHOLITH AND MAPS THIS AREA AS, A MEDIUM GRAINED DARK GRAY BIOTITE-HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Discoverer John Caplice
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cooper, A. T., Mgr.
    Home office Box 362 Helena, Mt 59601

Production statistics

  • Year 1891
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.5 Oz/Ton Au, 11.6 Oz/Ton Ag, 6% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 6wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 16g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 367g/mt
  • Year 1904
    Period 1902-1904
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.25-0.5 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 11g/mt
  • Year 1924
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.12 Oz/Ton Au, 14 Oz/Ton Ag, 8 % Pb, 4 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 443g/mt
  • Year 1938
    Period 1934-1938
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 15-30 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 791g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • REYNER AND TRAVERMAN REFERENCE INDICATES PRODUCTION OF 33,323 DOLLARS OF ORE IN 1948. ABOUT $1.5 MILLION PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2926.08M
    Overall depth 210.31M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 MAIN LEVELS CAVED, FLOODED SHAFT ON LEVEL 7,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP FIGURES PERTAIN TO SHEAR ZONE WITHIN WHICH THE ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR. ON LEVEL 7 THE VEIN IS MADE UP OF MANY PARALLEL STRINGERS, VEINS, AND LENSES WHICH ARE AS MUCH AS 10 FT WIDE IN A ZONE 60 FT WIDE. MOST VEINS AND LENSES STRIKE NE, THE VEIN IS CUT BY MANY NE, E AND NW-TRENDING FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-77 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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