The Wasa Mine is a lead mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,230 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,230 Feet (1,899 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 46.4994, -113.09810
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Wasa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wasa Mine
Secondary: Durand, Key, Key-Durand
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Underground
Mining 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
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALSO SEE MPF 37.25 AND 37.347 AND MILS SEQ NO. 0300390039.
Comment (Environmental Factors): THERE WERE NO TAILINGS ON-SITE. THERE WERE TWO DISCHARGING ADITS THAT ENTERED SURFACE WATER. THE SAMPLES HAD PH MEASUREMENTS OF 2.57 AND 7.50. THERE WAS ALSO A PIT THAT HELD GROUNDWATER. THIS SAMPLE HAD A PH OF 7.94. THE LOW PH ADIT EXCEEDED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR CADMIUM, COPPER, AND ANTIMONY. THE OTHER ADIT AND PIT EXCEEDED MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS FOR CADMIUM AND ANTIMONY. THE CREEK RAN THROUGH WASTE ROCK. THERE WERE OBSERVED RELEASES OF CADMIUM, COPPER, AND ZINC IN DOWNSTREAM SURFACE WATER. THERE WAS ONE OPEN ADIT AND ONE HIGHWALL ON-SITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 660-F, 1918, P. 244.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BURAU OF MINES RI 5014, 1953, P. 10, FIGURE 2.
Reference (Deposit): PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-65.
Reference (Deposit): MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES
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.
