The Medona Mine is a tungsten mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 8,301 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 45.045, -110.60000
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Medona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Medona Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
District: Crevasse District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT $2500 OF W WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 12-27-1961
Reference (Deposit): 1944 COMPILE MBMG MEM 23
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE USBM INF. CIRC. 7546
Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B
Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, G, 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, - JARDINS-CREVASSE MTN. DIST., PARK CO., MONT; MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 23, P. 106.
Reference (Deposit): REED, G, 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, PARK CO, USBM, INF. CIRC. 7546, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): WEDOW, H, ETAL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSAROKA PRIM AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL. 1391-B, P. 82, 37.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
