Ivanhoe Mine

The Ivanhoe Mine is a tungsten mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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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

Name: Ivanhoe Mine

State: Montana

County: Beaverhead

Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 45.5214, -112.83610

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Ivanhoe Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ivanhoe Mine
Secondary: Browns Lake Tungsten

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Lost 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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Refractory Metals (General Electric, Cleveland,Ohio)
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1981

Production

Year: 1957
Description: Short Tons Of Ore Produced Thru 1957 625000 Cummulative Ore Produced

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Bornite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): STOUT, KOEHLER, AND ACKERMAN, WALTER, 1957, DIRECTORY OF

Reference (Deposit): ALLOY METALS INC., WFOC BACK-UP FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ROBY, R.N., 1953, BROWNS LAKE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT: AMERICAN

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. NO. 5552, P. 6-11.

Reference (Deposit): OF THE MOUNT TORREY BATHOLITH, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY: US

Reference (Deposit): PATTEE, E.C., 1960, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF MONTANA: DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): COMMERCE.

Reference (Deposit): AND HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE DAYS: US DEPT. OF

Reference (Deposit): 1970, MONTHLY NORMALS OF TERMPERATURES, PRCIPITATION,

Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA),

Reference (Deposit): CONTRACT, NO. IDM-E247 (ALSO E-105 AND E-127), 28P.

Reference (Deposit): THE INTERIOR, DEFENSE MINERAL EXPLORATION (DMEA)

Reference (Deposit): INC., BROWNS LAKE DEPOSIT (IVANHOE CLAIM): DEPT. OF

Reference (Deposit): LICKS, M.R., AND MEYERS, W.B., 1957, AMERICAN ALLOY METALS

Reference (Deposit): FUELS), BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): GEACH, R.D., 1972, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT

Reference (Deposit): PROPERTY FILE, WFOC)

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN ALLOY METALS INC. (US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN ALLOY METALS, INC., 1953, CROSS SECTION DIAGRAMS:

Reference (Deposit): LENTUNG MINE.

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN, NO. 85, P. 124-127.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, WFOC.

Reference (Deposit): NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN ABSORBED BY THE OPEN PIT OF THE

Reference (Deposit): PROPERTY FILE, WFOC, 3P.

Reference (Deposit): -----, 1981, MINERAL PROPERTY FILES AND MINE MAP REPOSITORY,

Reference (Deposit): LAKE TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): P. II-7.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1952, METALURGICAL REPORT OF BROWNS

Reference (Deposit): OFFICE OF DEFENSE MOBILIZATION, U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE,

Reference (Deposit): U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE, 1956, MATERIALS SURVEY (TUNGSTEN):

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY IC 20, P. 5.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENTERPRISES, 1957: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND

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.