Johny Mine

The Johny Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.

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

Name: Johny Mine  

State:  Montana

County:  Lewis and Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 46.47333, -112.24889

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Johny Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Johny Mine
Secondary: Johnnie Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Rimini 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith

Type: L
Description: Red Mountain Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCED IN 1911

Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXPOSED FOR CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE IN TUNNEL.

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL

Comment (Location): W SIDE OF TENMILE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 254.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, PL. 1.

Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK, 1911

Reference (Production): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK


Principal Gold Districts of Montana

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.