Bryan Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010249
MRDS ID D003834
Record type Site
Current site name Bryan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.5474, 47.46126 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 2.5 MI SE OF PENROSE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 031W 28 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON TRIBUTARY OF WEST FORK PACKER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within The District And Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS SAID TO ASSAY AS HIGH AS 38% PB AND 16.8 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Formation;Revett Quartzite
    Rock description Burke Formation;Revett Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.5474, 47.46126

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of Subparallel Faults And Folds.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 E
    Dip S
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS DIP STEEPLY AND ARE CONSIDERABLY FOLDED. IN PLACES THEY ARE TRAVERSED BY BROAD ZONES OF "CRUMPLING AND MASHING" AS WELL AS BY MORE SHAPLY DEFINED FISSURES, MOST OF WHICH STRIKE NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Packer Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jupiter Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS WITH A VERTICAL RANGE OF ABOUT 500 FT.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS DEVELOPING IN 1971 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 191 .

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, F. M., CROWLEY, F. A., AND SAHINEN, U. M., 1962 , MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30 , P. 31 .

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 191 , PL. 3 .

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, PP. 588 , 601 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1972 : DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 14 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHIEF VEIN IS SIDERITIC. SOME OF THE RICHEST ORE WAS OBTAINED FROM A BRANCH OF THIS VEIN.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references