The data below represent everything available in the MBMG Abandoned and Inactive Mines (AIM) database.

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
BE000030 RENA MINE ARGENTA BEAVERHEAD
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
W007459 300010109 45.3139 -112.8819
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
06S 10W 18 BCAC 5019325 352481 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
7063 F DILLON DILLON ERMONT
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 7/7/1995 CBD
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
GOLD
SILVER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: BLM
Region District: BUTTE
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Watershed Code: 10020002
Forest or Resource Area: DILLON
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: Rena (BE000030) The Rena workings are located on a dry ridge approximately 1/2 mile southeast of the Golden Era Mine. Surface disturbances cover approximately 4 acres and consist of trenches, pits, waste rock dumps, and 2 caved shafts. The workings follow a vein cutting Precambrian Belt Shale; the vein strikes N40W and dips 60S. Ore mineralogy included argentiferous galena, pyrite, and gold; sphalerite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, and galena were also present. The gangue mineralogy was quartz (Geach, 1972). Ore shipped post 1922 assayed 20% lead and 2 ounces of gold per ton; earlier shipments were purported to have had a gold content of about 5 ounces per ton (Shenon, 1931). This site was discovered in 1884. Production records are incomplete; production in 1940 and 1947-48 was 63 tons of ore yielding 5641 pounds of lead, 2394 pounds of zinc, 197 pounds of copper, 220 ounces of silver, and 68 ounces of gold (Geach, 1972). The Rena is a dry site; there is no water component. This site is registered as a patented claim; some workings and dump rock may be on USFS adjacent to the patented claim.
Screening Criteria Table
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Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: N
Visit: Y
Comments: MBMG GEOLOGIST: JACK WATSON (6/16/94); PHOTOS 4-12 AND 4-13; DRY NVI
Rank Table
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Investigator: J. WATSON
Date: 6/16/1994
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Drainage Basin: SPRING GULCH
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