Agnes Property

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094776
MRDS ID DC08409
Record type Site
Current site name Agnes Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53212, 47.38209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 2 1/4 MI SW OF SALTESE, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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 019N 031W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR OR ALONG BIG SUNDAY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53212, 47.38209

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Nw Trending Fault (Silver Creek) Directly To North Of Mine. Throws Along Fault Range From 2000 To Several Thousand Feet.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints And Faults Which Generally Strike About North-Northwest

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER CREEK FAULT MAY BE CONTINUOUS WITH FAULTS ON THE ATLAS PROPERTY NEAR MULLAN, IDAHO WHERE 20 FT WIDE VEINS OF ANKERITE CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME GALENA ARE KNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name (Unorganized)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1912 , WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 3 ADITS, IN TWO OF WHICH THE VEIN WAS SHOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608 .

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOL SURVEY BULL. 540 , PP. 197-198 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-15-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN THICKNESS VARIES CONSIDERABLY AND THE VEIN DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE EXTENSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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