Montana Standard Mine

Past Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. 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 10078300
MRDS ID W026568
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Standard Mine
Related records 10270118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53018, 47.53709 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 11 MILES WEST OF THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Driveway Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 021N 031W 25,35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ADIT USED FOR LOCATION, S BANK OF COOPER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53018, 47.53709

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Of Montana Lineament
Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Northwest Trending Faults With Dips Varying Between 70 And 85 Degrees

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR VEIN MATERIAL IS IN NO. 3 ADIT WITH MAJOR WORK HAVING BEEN DONE BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Prospect Creek (Burns) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Montana Standard Mining Co., Ltd

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 861.06M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL BULL. NO. 34 P. 33 - 34

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE STRIKE AND DIP VARY FROM A NW STRIKE AND A SW DIP TO A NE STRIKE AND A SE DIP. VEIN WIDTH VARIES FROM 1 INCH TO 12 INCHES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references