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Swan Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019597
MRDS ID DC10914
Record type Site
Current site name Swan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58978, 46.37934 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 10 KM ESE OF DEER LODGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baggs Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 008W 10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E OF PAYMASTER MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result 0.22 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58978, 46.37934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORMAL FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Emery (Zosell) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE INTERSECTION OF THE SWAN-SABBATH DAY VEIN WITH THE BLUE EYED MAGGIE OR EMERY VEIN MIGHT BE INVESTIGATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 30 FT DRIFT E AND A SECOND SHAFT 125-250 FT IN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 34, P. 4, 9, 23, 24, PL 6.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 61.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STEEP E-W VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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