Hugo Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010487
MRDS ID D004163
Record type Site
Current site name Hugo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49962, 47.40543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haugan(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 019W 031W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF ORE EXPOSED GAVE ASSAY RETURNS OF COPPER RANGING FROM 4% UP AND GOLD VALUES FROM $6 TO $24 AND 10 OZS. SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Vertical Fault

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Coeur D'Alene

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Sideman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • COMPANY PLANS TO DRIVE THE TUNNEL TO 1450 FT. (1910)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, HARRY A., EAST COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT, MONTANA; THE MINING WORLD, P. 272, 8/13/10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.