Cliff Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019451
MRDS ID DC10506
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27148, 46.33072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.7 KM E OF PHILIPSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 30 NW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN CLIFF GULCH, 1000 FT W OF THE BLACKMAIL SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 35% MN, 33% SILICA. CONCENTRATE: 48% MN, 12% SILICA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Red Lion Formation;Hasmark Formation;Silver Hill Formation
    Rock description Red Lion Formation;Hasmark Formation;Silver Hill Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27148, 46.33072

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mn Closely Follows Quartz Vein.

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES N25E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hope Mining Co.
    First year 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 198.12M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS AND SHAFT (SHAFT INACCESSABLE IN 1918).

Comments on development

  • FIRST OPENED FOR AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN ORE 1 TO 6 FT WIDE, 50-100 FT IN STOPE LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 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.