Wasa Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Cadmium
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069777
MRDS ID W007458
Record type Site
Current site name Wasa Mine
Alternate or previous names Simmer Jack
Related records 10148597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09452, 46.49656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1862
Relative position 3.9KM NNE OF THE HEAD OF HORSESHOE BASIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(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 009N 012W 27,34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SEVERAL ADITS DRIVEN E FROM THE NE SIDE OF DOUGLAS CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Not More Than 50 Ft Below The Surface.

Analytical data

Result 2-15% ZN
Result 200 AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kootenai Formation
    Rock description Kootenai Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blackleaf Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dunkleberg Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wasa-Shamrock Fault, Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Thickness 42.67M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wasa - Shamrock Longitudinal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GABBRO AND DIORITE SILL IN AREA OF MINE. PARDEE FEELS THERE IS AN INTRUSIVE GRANITIC ROCK NOT FAR BELOW THE SURFACE.THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Dunkleberg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. A. Kaufman, E 1085 23 Ave. Spokane, Wn, 99206

Production statistics

  • Year 1947
    Period 1912-1947
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 0wt-pct
  • Year 1947
    Period 1912-1947
    Material PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3-6% Avg
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 5wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WITH FOREST ROSE. WASA WAS MAIN PRODUCER OF ZINC WHILE FOREST ROSE WAS THE MAIN LEAD PRODUCER. DURING WWII FOREST ROSE GROUP PRODUCED 113000 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS: #1 TUNNEL, #2 TUNNEL AND #3 TUNNEL OR SIMMER JACK ARE CLOSE TOGETHER AND KIRKENDALL TUNNEL IS 1000FT TO THE SE AND HIGHER. SEVERAL 100FT OF DIAMOND DRILL HOLES.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT OF ORE BODIES, BY DIAMOND DRILLING BY MAKE EVER BROS. OF N.Y.C. AROUND W.W.I. TRENCHING AND DRILLING CONTINUED IN 1946 - 1948 BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, P. 244-46.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPT INVES 5014, P. 9, 10, FIG. 3, 4A, 5-8.

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

  • Production

    USBM REPT INVES 5014.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LODE IS FORMED IN A SQUEEZED AND BROKEN ZONE ALONG THE AXIS OF A N ANTICLINE. THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A THICK TABULAR ORE BODY 600FT LONG THAT TRENDS NEARLY N. IN TUNNELS 1 2 & 3 THE ORE IS CUT OFF BELOW BY A FAULT WHICH STRIKES N15W AND DIPS 45E. POST MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Mlynarczyk, Meg S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1982 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.

External references