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Drake Mine

Past Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum, Palladium, Lead, Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Production statistics
  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 10078298
MRDS ID W026566
Record type Site
Current site name Drake Mine
Alternate or previous names Green Mountain, Kootenai Copper, Trade Dollar, Dixon, Eagle
Related records 10010422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.40597, 47.26571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1055
Relative position 6 MI SOUTHWEST OF DIXON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McDonald(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N;018N 022W;022W 04;33 N2 (04) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION. DISTRICT IS ALSO SOMETIMES CALLED DIXON DISTRICT. ON EAST SLOPE OF REVAIS CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHEST GRADES ARE AT GABBRO-QUARTZITE CONTACT IN CRUSHED AND ALTERED ZONE. A GENERAL LACK OF PGE MINERALS SUGGESTS THAT MOST OF PGE ARE INCORPORATED INTO OTHER MINERALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sperrylite Ore
Tenorite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic Alteration Within Shears, Diorite Altered To Serpentine And Talc

Analytical data

Result MAX. IN HAND-PICKED SAMPLES: 21 PPM PT, 34.3 PPM PD. RH:PT:PD=1:30:60. 30 ANALYSES OF DIORITE SILL YIELDED TR-3.43 PPM PT+PD (AVERAGE 1 PPM). AU=4.8 PPM, AG=22 PPM, CU=7.70%, PT=3.43 PPM. 15 DIKE SAMPLES RUN 9-99 PPB PD, <0.01-1.0 PPM PT (VAN LOENEN AND OTHERS). CROWLEY CONTAINS MORE ANALYSES. ADDITIONAL ANALYTICAL DATA IN INGERSOLL AND OTHERS (1982). ALL OZ/TON VALUES CONVERTED TO PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite
    Rock description Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup, Ravalli Group, Burke Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.40597, 47.26571
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northwest Folds And Faults, Some Northeast Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Striking Faults And Shears

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR, VEINS
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 60E-VERT AT NORTH END, 45W-VERT AT SOUTH END
    Length 121.92M
    Width 33.53M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 42.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Diorite-Quartzite Contact, Faulting And Shear Zones In Diorite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES ARE AS MUCH AS 300 FT WIDE; CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE ARE PRESENT LOCALLY IN THEM. ALTHOUGH THE DIKE IS NOT CALLED PART OF PURCELL SILLS IN THE LITERATURE, IT IS SAID THAT THE DIKE IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO SILLS LOWER IN THE BELT SEQUENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Drake Brothers
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1949

Production statistics

  • Year 1949
    Period 1910-1949
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.64 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 18g/mt
  • Year 1949
    Period 1910-1949
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.14 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 4g/mt
  • Year 1949
    Period 1910-1949
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7.75% (155 Lbs/Ton)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDS INCLUDE DIXON, EAGLE, TRADE DOLLAR, MAYFLOWER, AND LUCKY STRIKE MINES. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED 1914, 1921, 1923-24,1926-30. NO GOLD 1916-18. LEAD ONLY PRODUCED IN 1936. SHIPPED ORE RAN 5-35% CU, 34-137 PPM AG, 1.7-34.3 PPM AU, 1.7-17 PPM PT; MILL CONCENTRATES AVERAGED 40-49.8% CU, 103 PPM AG, 17 PPM AU, 17 PPM PT. OZ/TON VALUES WERE CONVERTED TO PPM

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 42.67M
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY SHAFTS, RAISES, AND DRIFTS. THE USBM DRILLED TWO CORE HOLES THROUGH REVAIS DIKE NEAR MAIN SHAFT (1943)

Comments on development

  • ANOTHER MBMG PROJECT (UNPUB. RESULTS) ON GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING OF PERMA SILLS AND REVAIS DIKE WAS DONE FOR KOOTENAI-SALISH TRIBAL COUNCIL 1973-1974. 50 TON/DAY MILL CAPACITY (1941). IDLE SINCE 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34 , P. 35-39.

  • Deposit

    HARRISON, J.E., LEACH, D.L., KLEINKOPF, M.D., AND LONG, C.L., 1986, RESOURCE APPRAISAL MAP FOR PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM-TUNGSTEN, PLATINUM-GROUP METALS, AND EPITHERMAL SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE WALLACE 1 X 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1509-H, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    INGERSOLL, R.G., JR., GALLOWAY, GARY, AND DUNN, MICHAEL, 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT BIA 22-II, 38 P. + APPENDIX.

  • Deposit

    VAN LOENEN, R.E., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND EARHART, R.L., 1984, PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM IN A MAFIC DIKE, SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1694-G, P. 83-89.

  • Deposit

    BUCKLEY, STEVE, 1992, GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION, IN MANYDEEDS, S.A., ED., MINERAL FRONTIERS ON INDIAN LANDS: U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DIVISION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION G-92-2, P. 39-47.

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U.M., 1936, REVAIS CREEK MINING DISTRICT, SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: PRIVATE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1971, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE AND SOIL SAMPLE INVENTORY OF RAVALLII - DIXON - CAMAS PRAIRIE AREA, SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP CONSULTANT PRIVATE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOCHEM, MBMG, UNPUB. REPORT

  • Production

    CROWLEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE WIDTH OF QUARTZ VEIN AND MINERALIZED ZONE 2-5 FT. SOME QUARTZ VEINS ARE ALONG FAULTS IN GABBRO. OTHER ORE IS IN RED OXIDIZED MATERIAL; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: REVAIS CREEK CU-AU-PGE.
Deposit PROPERTY HAD OPERATING MILL DURING 1940'S BUT NO DATA ARE AVAILABLE ON MILLING COSTS. LOW GRADE STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS ARE PRESENT NEARBY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Johns, Willis M. (R.B. Berg) Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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