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Van Ness Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094298
MRDS ID D004086
Record type Site
Current site name Van Ness Mine
Alternate or previous names Porcupine Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90237, 47.10016 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 12 MILES SW OF SUPERIOR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Landowner Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N 026W 32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES FROM VANNESS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. L. Harmon
    Home office Spokane, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, 2 SHALLOW DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MONT.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED, COVER 120 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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