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Silver Chief Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019608
MRDS ID DC10932
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26509, 46.33489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position IN TOWER, 2.3 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 29,30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST E OF TRUE FISSURE MINE, S SLOPE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

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 Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26509, 46.33489
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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

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 84S
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE IS SHEETED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Production years 1888-1890

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hope Co.
    First year 1880

Comments on the production information

  • $62000 (1900)

Comments on the workings information

  • 1906-BECAME INACCESSIBLE A FEW HUNDRED FT EAST OF PORTAL, TUNNEL UNDER WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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