State Group Mine

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010235
MRDS ID D003814
Record type Site
Current site name State Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Eddy Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.1685, 47.48487 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 12.8 MI NNW OF ST. REGIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penrose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 028W 16,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX LOCATION, 4 MI W OF SUNSET PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.1685, 47.48487

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eddy Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Montana - Coeur D'Alene Mines Inc.
    Home office Plains, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner The State Mining Co.
    Home office Box 68, East 5219 Boone Ave., Yardly, Wa.

Comments on development

  • MINE UNDERWENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1960'S AND 1970'S BUT WAS INACTIVE BY 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1962 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1961 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 45 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 16 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 22 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 21 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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