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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
JF002487 LADY LEITH BUTTE AND PHILADELPHIA BASIN JEFFERSON
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
22-316 300430195 46.3919 -112.2761
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
07N 05W 6 BDAA 5138169 401885 12
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F BUTTE BUTTE NORTH THREE BROTHERS
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 3/26/1995 JDL
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
LEAD
ZINC
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: JEFFERSON
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code: 10020006
Forest or Resource Area: DEERLODGE
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: Lady Leith (Butte and Philadelphia) Several short workings, totaling about 900 feet in length and including 5 caved adits, 1 open adit, and 2 caved shafts, are scattered across national forest lands. Two caved adits discharge water. Approximately 1,800 tons of dump material are associated with the workings; most of this is altered quartz monzonite with quartz, sericite, and pyrite alteration products. Heavy vegetation obscures the bedrock geology, but Ruppel (1963) describes the property as having several N80-85W 65NE trending veins up to 10 feet thick with minor (Knopf,1913) quartz, pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, chalcocite, tourmaline, siderite, and barite. Numerous cat cuts expose veins intermittently for over 1,000 feet to the west of the Lady Leith. A select sample of vein material (JJLL-1) from the dump contained 0.182 oz/ton Au, 11.4 oz/ton Ag, 0.42% Cu, 3.10% Pb, and 0.2% zinc. The mine was worked sporadically from 1890 to 1911, but there was no production (Pardee and Schrader, 1933).
Assay Table
Information
Sample Id: JJLL-1
Material Type: VE
Sample Method: SELECT
Comments: Bright red-gray tourmaline quartz breccia in Kqm
Mines Table
Type Condition Ground Water Photos Available? Photo Numbers Ownership Comments
A01 INTACT FLOW Y NF
Sample Table
Sample Id Sampler pH SC Date TempC Flow Rate Flow Units Flow Method Source Ind No Veg Stain Salt Sulf Turb Location Related to Stream Stream Sedimention Photos Available? Photo Numbers Remarks
BLLS10L OEB 6.82 49.6 7/9/1992 133 GPM BUCK STREAM N N N N N UP UN-NAMED CREEK NO N
BLLS20H OEB 3.35 387.6 7/9/1992 2.9 GPM BUCK ADIT NA N
BLLS30L OEB 7.94 57.3 7/9/1992 176.4 GPM BUCK UNAMED CREEK N
BLLS40H OEB 8.34 244.1 7/9/1992 6 GPM BUCK ADIT NA N
BLLS50L OEB 7.69 57.2 7/9/1992 273 GPM BUCK UNAMED CREEK N
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: Y
Metal Leaching: Y
Water Erosion: Y
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: Y
Visit: Y
Comments: LONN; 6/92
Solids Table
Sample Id Source Date Sampler Sample Type L Transect Soil Interval Indicator of contamination Path Veg Color Salt Photos Available? Photo Numbers
BLLD10H WA 7/9/1992 JRB COMP 5 FEET 0-6" Y Y Y N Y
BLLD20H WA 7/9/1992 COMP 5' 0-6" Y Y Y N Y
BLLD30H 7/9/1992 COMP 2' 0-6"
Waste Table
Type Wind Erosion Veg Rill Gully Seep Pond Breach None Stability Floodplain Dist Stream Photos Available? Photo Numbers
WA01 LOW SPARSE Y N Y N N LOW IN 0 Y
WA02 LOW SPARSE Y Y N N N LOW IN 0 Y
WA03 LOW SPARSE Y N N N N LOW OUT 150 Y
WA04 LOW SPARSE Y Y N N N LOW OUT 150 Y
WA05 LOW SPARSE Y Y N N N LOW OUT 200 Y
WA06 LOW SPARSE Y Y Y N N LOW IN 0 Y
M-Mines Table
Type Latitude Longitude UTM_N UTM_E UTM_Z Size Open Length Size Open Width Elevation Elevation Units
A01 46.391944444444 -112.276111111111 4 6
Rank Table
Information
Investigator: JMADISON
Date: 7/6/1992
Photos Available?: Y
Access: 4W
Nearest Wetlands/Bog: 1
Drainage Basin: BASIN CREEK
Water Contact Stream: Y
Nearest Surface Water Intake: 10
Number of Surface Water Intake(s) observed within 15 miles downstream: 0
Uses of Surface Water Intake(s) observed within 15 miles downstream: IRRIGATION
Nearest Wells (miles): 5
Number of Wells within 4 miles: 0
Uses of Wells within 4 miles: DOMESTIC
Nearest Dwelling (miles): 5
Number of Months Occupied: 0
Number of Houses within 2 miles: 0
Recreational Usage on Site:
Nearest Recreational Area (miles): 5
Name or Type of Recreational Area:
Safety Risk from Open Adit/Shaft: Y
Safety Risk from Highwall or Unstable Slopes:
Safety Risk from Unstable Structures:
Safety Risk from Chemicals:
Safety Risk from Solid Waste (includes sharp rusted items):
Safety Risk from Explosives:
Sensitive Environments within 2 miles of Site or 15 miles Downstream:
Population within 0-0.25 miles: 0
Population within 0.25-0.5 miles: 0
Population within 0.5-1 miles: 0
Population within 1-2 miles: 0
Population within 2-3 miles: 0
Population within 3-4 miles: 0
Public Interest: L
Soil Chemistry Table
Sample Id Lab Id Description Project Comments
BLLD10H 92S0364 LADY LEITH DLFORST
BLLD20H 92S0363 LADY LEITH DLFORST
BLLD30H 92S0365 LADY LEITH DLFORST

End of report. Retrieved 5/3/2024 10:25:59 PM.

The preceding materials represent the contents of the databases at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology at the time and date of the retrieval. The information is considered unpublished and is subject to correction and review on a daily basis. The Bureau warrants the accurate transmission of the data to the original end user at the time and date of the retrieval. Retransmission of the data to other users is discouraged and the Bureau claims no responsibility if the material is retransmitted. There may be data in the request area that are not recorded at the Bureau.