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War Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270235
MAS/MILS ID 0300490035
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.21899, 46.6418 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010 N 005 W 10 N2NWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.21899, 46.6418
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 90M
    Width 2M
    Area 3.5HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N40W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3.5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Austin District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugo Dobler
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    IRON DEPOSITS IN MONTANA MBMG VC DEMUNCK IC-13 1956

  • Deposit

    METALIFEROUS DEP. OF THE GREATER HELENA MIN DIST. PARDEE USG

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34-16 USBM EXAM REPORT

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE FILE NUMBER 34.80 USBM 1960 B-260

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

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