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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
GR007747 MINNIE LEE SILVER LAKE GRANITE
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
20-162 300390083 46.1194 -113.2847
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
04N 14W 1 CDDD
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
BUTTE PHILIPSBURG STORM LAKE
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 4/8/1995 JDL
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
LEAD
SILVER
TUNGSTEN
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: PHILIPSBURG
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 17010202
Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: Minnie Lee Like most mines of the Silver Lake district, the Minnie Lee was originally worked in the 1890's for its silver content. However, it was re-examined in the 1950's as a tunsten target (Walker, 1960). A caved adit less than 100 feet long and some pits trace a N40-50W, southwest-dipping vein of vuggy quartz, calcite, scheelite, chalcocite, and iron oxide in slightly silicified Jefferson dolomite. The vein can be followed along strike for at least 100 feet, is 1 foot thick, and extends down dip for over 25 feet. WO3 content averages 4.2% (Walker, 1960). MBMG's select sample of vein material contained .006 oz/ton gold, 10.3 oz/ton silver, 0.19% copper, 0.38% lead, and 0.047% sphalerite (zinc).
Assay Table
Information
Sample Id: JGML-1
Material Type: WA
Sample Method: SELECT
Comments:
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: N
Visit: Y
Comments: LONN; 9/92. CAVED ADIT, AND PROSPECT PIT ONLY. SILVER-TUNGSTEN.

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