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Princeton Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019259
MRDS ID DC09334
Record type Site
Current site name Princeton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16341, 46.41795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position JUNCTION OF PRINCETON GULCH AND BOULDER CREEK, IN TOWN OF PRINCETON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 013W 25 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE SIDE OF BOULDER CREEK, E SLOPE OF PRINCETON GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Red Lion Formation;Glacial Moraine
    Rock description Red Lion Formation;Glacial Moraine
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Princeton Mining Co.
    Home office Missoula, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDER WATER, (150 FT SHAFT, 1000 FT DRIFTS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 31, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 250.

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, G.E., 1959, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 150 FT SHAFT, 1000 FT OF DRIFTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-80 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.

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