The Lone Eagle Quartz Mine is a uranium mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 46.40778, -112.15694
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Lone Eagle Quartz Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Eagle Quartz Mine
Secondary: Lone Eagle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Clancy-Lump Gulch District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Nelligan, M.
Owner Name: Eiselein, A. H.
Owner Name: Nieminen, D.
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1952-1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.26% U308
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Feldspars Altered To Sericite And Clay; Some Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 51 TONS ASSAYED 0.24% U3O8 ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF 15 TONS ASSAYED 0.28% U3O8
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT WORK INCLUDES TWO ADITS, ONE 50 FT. ABOVE THE OTHER
Comment (Location): 10.2 KM WNW OF JEFFERSON CITY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IS OFFSET A FEW FT TO THE RT BY FAULTS THAT STRIKE E OR NW AND DIP STEEPLY. NE OF CROSSCUT THE U-BEARING VEIN SPLITS INTO 2 PARTS.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DMEA FILES
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP USGS PROF. PAPER 42
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 40, 42, 70, 79, 80, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 51.
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.
