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Spitfire Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101954
MRDS ID DC08402
Record type Site
Current site name Spitfire Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.00655, 47.35655 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 5 1/2 MI NE OF ST. REGIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Regis(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 027W 35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX 3.5 MI SE OF OLSEN PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.00655, 47.35655
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sevenmile Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Trend Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Donald Graham

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT IN 1971 . WAS PRODUCING AND DEVELOPING IN 1964 . WAS INACTIVE IN 1972 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 14 .

  • Deposit

    GEACH, R. D., 1965 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1964 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 46 , P. 26 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 18 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 09-23-1969

  • Production

    GEACH, R. D., 1965 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 26 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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