Aladdin Mine

Past Producer in Missoula 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019097
MRDS ID DC08573
Record type Site
Current site name Aladdin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.65427, 46.791 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.0KM NE OF CLINTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 016W 18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF CAPE NOME CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Specularite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clinton Stock
    Rock description Clinton Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.65427, 46.791

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Clinton Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip STEEPLY NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAY BE CONTINUATION OF HIDDEN TREASURE-CASCADE-CAPE NOME VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clinton District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Specular Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SOME SHIPPING ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.07HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIM EXPLORED UNDERGROUND BY CAPE NOME SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown 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.