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Mountain Ram Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite
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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. 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 10019686
MRDS ID DC11131
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Ram Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4537, 46.23545 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position W. SLOPE OF S. FORK ANTELOPE CREEK 3.2 KM FROM ANTELOPE CREEK., .1 Km Radius, .1 Km Radius, .1 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potato Lakes(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 006N 015W 34 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOO LOW GRADE TO BEAR EXPENSE OF SMELTING AND FREIGHT (1906)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result $5 AU/TON OXIDIZED AND UNOXIDIZED ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newland Formation
    Rock description Newland Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4537, 46.23545
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Inseams Along Water Course Higher Ore Content

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 REVERSE FAULTS AFTER MINERALIZATION, A BLOCK OF THE VEIN SETTLED BETWEEN THE FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name John Long Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW CARLOADS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS, INCLINES, CROSSCUTS, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 190 FT BELOW APEX, THE LODE IS DISPLACED BY A FAULT WHICH STRIKES EXACTLY WITH THE DEPOSIT AND DIPS 50 N. A SECOND FAULT ENCOUNTERED 125 FT DOWN THE DIP OF THE LODE, DIP 68 NW, AND THE HANGING WALL HAS DROPPED 7FT. 1/2 ORE IS PYRITE
Deposit IN ITS STRUCTURAL FEATURES IT RESEMBLES THE QUEEN MINE AT HENDERSON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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