True Fissure Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019047
MRDS ID DC08403
Record type Site
Current site name True Fissure Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.33294, 47.41765 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2.75 MILES NE OF DEBORGIA, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Borgia North(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 019N 029W 07 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST TWIN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within A Belt Approx 1 Mi Wide Along The North Side Of The Osburn Fault Zone. It Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE LOWER ADIT ARE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 1-3 OZ/TON AG AND 5-10% OF LEAD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.33294, 47.41765

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Consists Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate A Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Owing To Its Proximity To The Osborn Fault Beds Are Greatly Deformed And Are In Tight, Overturned, Nearly Isoclinal Folds

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Day Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 853.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADITS ONLY 2 OF WHICH ARE ACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRIKES NORTH WHICH IS UNUSUAL COMPARED TO OTHER VEIN TRENDS WITHIN THE REGION.

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

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

External references