Durand Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102034
MRDS ID DC11433
Record type Site
Current site name Durand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2412, 46.46461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 0.6KM W OF MAXVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 013W 09 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SLOPE OF FLINT CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $7.60 AU, 65 OZ AG (1906)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Flathead Formation
    Rock description Flathead Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2412, 46.46461

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Batholith

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheeted Zone In Quaritzite

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOWEST TUNNEL ON S VEIN - 4 IN STRINGERS OF CRUSHED ORE AND GOUGE FORM A BODY OF RICH ORE 2 FT WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Maxville District

Comments on the production information

  • $40,000 AU & AG . PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1918 TOO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 114.3M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 TUNNELS, SEVERAL STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 259

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, G.E., 1959 MAP OF THE NORTHWEST FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1918.

  • Production

    USGS PP 78. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, N VEIN STRIKES NW, DIPS 60-70 SW, S VEIN STRIKES NW, DIP 30 SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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