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Iron Daisy Mine

Past Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010260
MRDS ID D003850
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Daisy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.51073, 47.5307 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1 MI S OF PROSPECT CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Driveway Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(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;021N 031W;031W 02,03;36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON DAISY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1931 PUBLICATION STATES THAT ORE ASSAYED 15 % PB, 6.8 OZ/TON AG AND $3.90/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.51073, 47.5307
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N - S Trending Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF DUMP SAMPLES REVEALED THAT GALENA IS THE MOST ABUNDANT SULFIDE FOLLOWED IN QUANTITY BY PYRITE, SPHALERITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, TETRAHEDRITE AND JAMESONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Prospect Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marr, Barlow And Barlow

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1923 - 1930
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Minor Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 54g/mt
  • Year 1930
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 5g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 14wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 189g/mt
  • Year 1930
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Gold Gold 14g/mt
    Major Lead Lead 34wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 424g/mt
  • Year 1930
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 0wt-pct
    Minor Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Silver Silver 28g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1961 , MINE WAS INACCESSIBLE. 1936 PUBLICATION STATES MINE WAS 700 FT DEEP AND WAS DEVELOPED BY A 60 FT SHAFT AND 4 ADITS 200 - 1800 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • 5 LODE CLAIMS: DEFIANCE, ROCKET, TUNNEL, IRON DAISY AND SNAPSHOT. 2 MILLSITE CLAIMS: TUNNEL AND IRON DAISY. ; ECON.COM: MILL WAS ERECTED AT THE MINE IN 1928

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 34 , P. 32

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 32 - 33

  • Production

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 32 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1931 PUBLICATION TELLS OF A FISSURE VEIN WHICH DIPPED 42 DEG AND CONTAINED AN ORE SHOOT 150 FT LONG

Reporter information

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

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