New Deal Mine

Past Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019729
MRDS ID DC11294
Record type Site
Current site name New Deal Mine
Alternate or previous names Teddy Bear Mine, Teddy Tunnel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58487, 47.30877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 7 MI S OF US HIGHWAY 10A

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Perma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 023W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG VANDENBERG LOOKOUT RD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Belt Series Intrusive
    Rock description Belt Series Intrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58487, 47.30877

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Portion Of District Cut By Massive Gabbroic Sills
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gabbroic Sill

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG S
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • $30,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 131.06M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1961 , ACCESSIBLE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE ADIT. SURFACE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS OLD CUTS AND AN INASCESSIBLE VERTICAL SHAFT SAID TO BE 150 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • IN 1938 , THERE WERE 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 40 - 41 .

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F. C., 1935 , DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 15 , P. 70 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-10-1961

  • Production

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 41 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INACTIVE (1940) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS WITHIN A SERIES OF VEINS TRANSVERSELY CUTTING THROUGH A GABBROIC SILL WHICH TRENDS NE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. (Miller, Patsy) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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