| Deposit ID | 10019333 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC09551 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sallie Mellen Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.25925, 46.48628 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 0.5 MILE N OF COPPER STATE MINE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Granite(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Henderson Mountain(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)
Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Granite |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 009N | 013W | 32 | CENTER OF S2 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyromorphite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 60 OZ/TON AG, $4/TON AU (1900). |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Flathead Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Flathead Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.25925, 46.48628 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith |
| Width | 0.13M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC09551 |
USGS PP 78, P. 262
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.