Northern Cross Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019430
MRDS ID DC10038
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Cross Mine
Alternate or previous names Anna, Maude, Caledonia Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.12035, 46.29239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position HEAD OF E FORK OF WARM SPRINGS CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pozega Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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)

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 006N 012W 08,09 NE OF SE (08); NW OF SW (09) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S SLOPE OF DIVIDE BETWEEN RACETRACT AND WARM SPRINGS CREEKS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL DOLLARS TO THE TON IN AU ACCORDING TO MR. S.R. SLOSSON, ANACONDA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.12035, 46.29239

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Ne And Sw Of Mine

Ore body information

  • Strike N3E
    Dip EAST
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 2 TUNNELS, INACCESSIBLE IN 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 242.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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