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Vermilion Mine

Past Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10019025
MRDS ID DC08344
Record type Site
Current site name Vermilion Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Butte, Carpenter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4613, 47.91404 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 3.7 MI NW OF ELK LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Butte Pass(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

Kootenai 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
United States Montana Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025N 030W 15,16,21,22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF LYONS GULCH

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE FROM ORE STOCKPILED ON THE UPPER DUMP ASSAYED 2.29 PB, 2.0% ZN, 1.1 % CU, 0.15 OZ/TON AU, 2.0 OZ/TON AG

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) -115.4613, 47.91404
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Snowshoe Fault (Inferred Throw Of 6000 - 10,000 Ft) And Cabinet Anticline, Both Structures Trend Nw

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL GRAINS TO PODS AND MASSES
    Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 44 DEG SE
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK STRIKES N AND DIPS 32 DEG E. THERE IS LITTLE INTERLOCKING BETWEEN MINERALS AND RARELY DOES ONE MINERAL CONTAIN ABUNDANT INCLUSIONS OF ANOTHER. IN MASSIVE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE ORE BIN AND DUMP, TETRAHEDRITE IS RELATIVELY COMMON. IT OCCURS ALMOST ALWAYS WITH CHALCOPYRITE. SPHALERITE WITH LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF CHALCOPYRITE EXSOLUTION BLEBS USUALLY IS VEINED BY TETRAHEDRITE. GALENA WITH INCLUDED GRAINS OF CHALCOPYRITE ALSO CONTAINS ROUNDED BLEBS OF TETRAHEDRITE. ; GEOL.DESC: 7-10 FT QTZ VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Vermilion River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Silver Butte Zinc And Lead Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Erickson, T. H.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME SHIPPING OF ORE PROBABLY OCCURRED DURING 1939 ; THESE SHIPMENTS MIGHT HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH THE MIDDLE 1940'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 547.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS BY 1931 CONSISTED OF THREE TUNNELS 30,500 AND 1000 FT LONG. CURRENTLY ACCESSIBLE WORKINGS AMOUNT TO ABOUT 1650 FT OF ADITS, DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, AND 145 FT OF RAISES.

Comments on development

  • SIX PATENTED CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE DOMINION GROUP, THREE OF WHICH ARE NAMED THE ROSCOE, DALY AND DOMINION RESPECTIVELY ; ECON.COM: A 50 TON MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1946 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 125

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 49 - 52 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , PP. 124 - 125 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-07-1963

  • Production

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 50 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ VEIN PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM 4 INCHES TO 72 INCHES BUT AVERAGES 25 INCHES. VEIN APPROXIMATELY PARALLELS STRIKE BUT CROSSCUTS DIP. SULFIDES ARE SPARSE WITHIN VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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