Nine Mile

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172867
MAS/MILS ID 0300610114
Record type Site
Current site name Nine Mile

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.73178, 47.24098 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horsehead Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017 N 025 W 12 SWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.73178, 47.24098

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nine Mile Mines, Inc.
    ID 2401700
    Home office Park City,Ut 84060
    Year 1983
    First year 1901

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT JUNE 1983

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/27/1984
MSHA mine ID2401700
Mine name (MSHA)Nine Mile Mines
Current operatorNine Mile Mines Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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