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Poulin Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012454
MRDS ID D008094
Record type Site
Current site name Poulin Mine
Alternate or previous names Stella Mine, Buffalo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53617, 46.02268 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.2 KM W OF MEADERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 008N 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE ON POULIN MINE. E OF POULIN LIES THE STELLA THEN THE BUFFALO.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result KEEGAN VEIN CARRIES 6-7% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Aplite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Aplite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53617, 46.02268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip FLAT

Comments on the geologic information

  • APLITE DYKE IN BUFFALO MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS OF THE STELLA AND BUFFALO EXTEND NEARLY TO THE POULIN SHAFT. IN THE POULIN MINE NO PAY ORE WAS TAKEN OUT BELOW THE 600 FT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR S END OF CROSSCUT (POULIN) A ZONE OF ZINC VEINS CROSSES THE LEVEL IN A GENERAL E-W DIRECTION. THESE MINES DEVELOP THE SYNDICATE LODE. KEEGAN VEIN IS S OF THE SYNDICATE LODE AND IS FOUND IN THE BUFFALO MINE. ITS STRIKE IS S40W AND ITS DIP IS 585. IT IS LENTICULAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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