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Saranac

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019260
MRDS ID DC09335
Record type Site
Current site name Saranac

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16591, 46.41933 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position REFERENCE IS NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH. NEAR 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 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 14.7 OZ/TON AG, 1.8% PB, 7.9% ZN, 1.2% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16591, 46.41933
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. L. Lucier
    Home office Maxville, Mt. 59850
  • Type Owner
    Owner Princeton Mining Co.
    Home office Maxville, Mt. 59850

Comments on development

  • MILL CAPACITY 50 T/D

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US. BUR. OF MINES, 1943, REPT. TO SECR. OF STATE.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 92, P. 9

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 82, P. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 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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