Sweet Home Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Manganese, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101999
MRDS ID DC10924
Record type Site
Current site name Sweet Home Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27231, 46.3435 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1.5MI NE OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 600FT N80E OF THE HOPE DISCOVERY INCLINE, NEAR TOP OF HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27231, 46.3435

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip N
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • CEMENTED BY WHITE QUARTZ OF A LATER AGE THAN MN-STAINED QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years TO 1906

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joe Metesh
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL $1000 IN AG ORE. PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, DRIFTS, SHORT INCLINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 218.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 72, P. 10

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1922.

  • Production

    USGS PP 78 USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1922.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 100FT E OF THE INCLINE, THE ORE IS DISPLACED BY A FAULT THAT STRIKES N80W AND DIPS 56E. W OF THE FAULT, THE ORE STRIKES N77E AND DIPS 27N. THE ORE HORIZON E OF THE FAULT IS OFFSET TOWARD THE S ABOUT 75FT AND STRIKES N55E. THE ORE IS FOUND WITHIN THE BEDDING PLANE OF THE HOST ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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