Salvail Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Arsenic, Antimony
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 10015904
MRDS ID DB02190
Record type Site
Current site name Salvail Mine
Alternate or previous names Bernice Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14477, 46.35046 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF MT. WASHINGTON, 2 MI. W. OF WICKES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 18,19 S2 OF SE (18); N2 OF NE (19) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN WOOD CHUTE GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Primary Sulfides Altered To Bournonite Altered To Covellite

Analytical data

Result 0.31-0.40 OZ/TON AU, 14-18 OZ/TON AG, 2.0-3.4% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14477, 46.35046

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description North Vein Offset 60 Ft. By Northeast-Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 74 N
    Length 243.84M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roger V. Pierce
    Home office 808 New House Bldg., Salt Lake City, Ut.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mason, William
    Home office 2165 Center Dr., Butte, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 807.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, SEVERAL DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 49, 53, 110.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, P. 237-8, PL. 39.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 33, P. 13.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 110.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE HIGH IN ZINC, 2 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references