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

Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
MA006863 ELLA MINE ELLA TIDAL WAVE MADISON
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300570204 45.5403 -112.1867
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
03S 05W 26 CDCA
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
7550 F NF DILLON BUTTE SOUTH OLD BALDY MOUNTAIN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 4/12/1995 JEW
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
GOLD
LEAD
SILVER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: SHERIDAN
Forest Service Tract:
Watershed Code:
Forest or Resource Area: BEAVERHEAD
Owner: N
Impact:
Report: Ella (MA006863) The Ella workings consist of several open and caved adits with accompanying small dumps. Total surface disturbance is 1 acre or less. Host rock is Precambrian Pony Gneiss; an andesite dike approximately 100' wide (striking northeast and dipping about 30NW) is associated with the ore deposit (Winchell, 1914). Workings explore a thin quartz vein which strikes N40E and dips approximately 35N (Johns, 1961). Ore minerals included galena, pyrite, cerrusite, and iron-stained quartz (Johns, 1961). A sample from the vein assayed 3% lead, 4.5 ounces silver, and 1 ounce gold (Johns, 1961). The mine was intermittently operated from 1909 through at least 1937. Eighteen tons was produced in 1937 (yielding 290 pounds of lead, 7 ounces of silver, and 195 ounces of gold). This dry property consists of patented and unpatented claims on or adjacent to USFS land.
Screening Criteria Table
Information
Mill Tailings: N
Adit Discharge: N
Metal Leaching: N
Water Erosion: N
Residence: N
Hazardous Materials: N
Open Adit: Y
Visit: Y
Comments: MBMG GEOLOGIST: JACK WATSON (7/5/95); PHOTO 7-8

End of report. Retrieved 4/30/2024 5:16:42 PM.

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