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Miller Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Chromium, Arsenic
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Reserves and resources
  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 10101793
MRDS ID D009414
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.68092, 46.02989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 5.2 KM NE OF FISH LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whetstone Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 003N 017W 11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)
  • THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE TOWN OF BOULDER. IT INCLUDES GALENA GULCH, BOOMERANG GULCH, AND THE W PART OF BOULDER VALLEY. TO THE S THE BOARDER IS THE LITTLE BOULDER RIVER TO ABOUT THE CROWLEY DAM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CU 2000 PPM, PB 3000 PPM, ZN 2000 PPM, AS 500 PPM, CR 500 PPM, AG 20 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.68092, 46.02989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 63 E
    Dip 75 N
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer D.W. Miller

Mining district

District name Frog Pond Basin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL CARS OF OXIDIZED CU ORE WAS SENT IN 1929. IN1931 SILICEOUS AU ORE WAS SENT
  • ITEM 17 FROM 21180 CUBIC YDS OF EARTH. ITEM 23 FROM 23840 TONS OF ORE. 1952 RADON TREATMENTS WERE GIVEN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 17000mt ore
    Total resources 58000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.529 g/mt Gold Major 1979
    Silver Ag 18.635 g/mt Silver Major 1979

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 230.12M
    Overall depth 138.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, TUNNELS, PLACER
  • 455 FT SHAFT AND A 300 FT ADIT. IT IS CAVED AND FLOODED.

Comments on development

  • MINES THAT HAVE PRODUCED: BALTIMORE, FREE ENTERPRISE, MOLLEY MCGREGOROTHER MINES: LEWIS, NICKELODEON, CONDOR, SILVER RIGHT; GALENA CREEK PLACER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1929 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIZE OF DISTURBED AREA IS 10 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit DEPOSITS IN THE OLDER GROUP (ANDESITE AND DACITE) ARE VALUED CHIEFLY FOR AG, PB AND ZN. THE YOUNGER DEPOSITS (MONZONITE) FOR AU AND AG. THE SECONDARY URANIUM MINERALS ARE FOUND AT THE ENTERPRISE MINE IN BOTH THE CHALCEDONY VEIN AND THE ADJACENT QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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