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Flint Creek Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Bismuth
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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. 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. Land status
  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 10019685
MRDS ID DC11129
Record type Site
Current site name Flint Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Alliance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.21202, 46.23628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1500FT NE OF EAGLE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(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 013W 34 NW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SLOPE OF CABLE MT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Flathead Formation
    Rock description Flathead Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheeted Zone In Quartz Vein

Comments on the geologic information

  • RICH QUARTZ FLOAT ON SLOPE OF CABLE MT HAVE FREE GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ORE (1890)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 242.

  • Deposit

    MBMG INF CIRC 13

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 40, 42.

  • Production

    USGS PP 78.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NUMBER OF VEINS. THEY STRIKE N6E TO N50E AND D1P CONSIDERABLY WITH BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 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.

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