| Deposit ID | 10101956 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC08425 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Nine Mile Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.66431, 47.21432 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | 3 MI N OF HORSEHEAD PK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Missoula(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Horsehead Peak(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Missoula |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 017N | 024W | 21 | SW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ravalli Group | ||||
| Rock description | Ravalli Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.66431, 47.21432 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Year of first production | 1894 |
| Year of last production | 1964 |
| District name | Nine Mile District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lammon And Allen |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | William Lamon, Metaline, Wa., And Bud Allen, Huson, Mt. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC08425 |
SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , PP. 37-38 .
CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14 , P. 32 .
CROWLEY, F. A., 1961 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 39 .
GEACH, R. D., 1965 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1964 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 46 , P. 27 .
SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 38 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO FLAT DIPPING VEIN SYSTEMS, ONE E-W TRENDING, THE OTHER TRENDS N-S. THE LATTER VEIN SYSTEM CUTS AND OFFSETS THE FORMER. |
| Deposit | DEVELOPING ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1979 | Rojstaczer, Stuart A. (Miller, Patsy) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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