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Delaware Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019288
MRDS ID DC09388
Record type Site
Current site name Delaware Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16258, 46.44461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2 KM SW OF MOUNT 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 012W 18 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SLOPE OF MAYWOOD RIDE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 22% PB, 28 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quadrant Formation
    Rock description Quadrant Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16258, 46.44461
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheer Zone

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) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 14 TONS SHIPPED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT, MOST WORKINGS INACCESIBLE IN 1906.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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