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North Star Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silica
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10019761
MRDS ID DC11417
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23814, 46.43739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.7 KM SW OF INTERSECTION OF WYMAN CREEK AND BOULDER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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)

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
Mount Diablo 008N 013W 21 CENTER OF E2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON WESTERN SLOPE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silica Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BECAUSE OF SILICEOUS CHARACTER-LINING OF COPPER CONVERTERS, LOW SMELTING RATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6% CU, DUMP 3% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23814, 46.43739
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gray Sandstone Highly Impregnated With Copper Carbonate (In Tunnel).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1975

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Charles Lane
    Home office Star Route, Drummond, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CARLOADS OF 6% ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1912-1916.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 88.09M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, CROSSCUTS, BREAST OF A 9 FT CROSSCUT IS IN THE ORE AT A DEPTH OF 40 FT, A TUNNEL DESIGNED TO INTERSECT LODE AT DEPTH HAD BEEN DRIVEN 200 FT FROM A POINT 80 FT. BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 262.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 109, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1912-1916.

  • Production

    USGS PP 78. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE IMPREGNATED BY COPPER CARBONATE, N9W SLICKENSIDE PLANE FORMS IN PLACES HANGING WALL OF THE DEP.

Reporter information

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

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