The Meadow Mountain Mine is a lead mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 4,081 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: 4,081 Feet (1,244 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.45333, -115.50250
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Meadow Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadow Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Packer Creek 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mineral King Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Consists Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate A Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South
Type: L
Description: Nw Striking Vertical Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within A Belt Approx 1 Mi Wide. Along The North Side Of The Osburn Fault Zone. It Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): MINE UNDERWENT SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE LATE 1950'S AND EARLY 1960'S.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS ALONG A BEDDING-PLANE FAULT ZONE OF CRUSHED AND CRUMPLED ARGILLITES (WALLACE FM.). ACCORDING TO A 1914 REPORT, WORKINGS INTERSECTED ANOTHER VEIN AS WELL.
Comment (Workings): 2 LEVELS, AS OF 1956 , WERE PARTLY ACCESSIBLE. ONE WAS CAVED 150 FT FROM THE PORTAL. THE OTHER WAS CAVED 140 FT FROM THE PORTAL. 1914 PUBLICATION MENTION LESS THAN 5 ADITS, ONLY 2 OF WHICH HAD ANY CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): GENERAL STRIKE OF COUNTRY ROCK IS NW AND IS HEAVILY CRUSHED, BUCKLED AND CONTORTED.
Comment (Location): ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF PACKER CREEK, ABOUT 1/2 MI N OF MEADOW MTN
References
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 605 .
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 194 .
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14 , P. 30 .
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1962 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1962 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 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.
