Heidelburg Mine

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172682
MRDS ID W013421
MAS/MILS ID 0300890030
Record type Site
Current site name Heidelburg Mine
Related records 10070474

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.63023, 48.05237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elephant Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 027 N 031 W 32 C SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.63023, 48.05237

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 45E
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N15E:45E
    Date of Last Modification 820810

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCK TYPE IS ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL. 95, 1975, DIR.

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL. 34, 1963

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 31, 1949, P91

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 20, 1940, P99

  • Deposit

    ALSO FOUND IN T.26 N., 31 W, SEC.5.

  • Deposit

    CABINET MNT.WILDERNESS STUDY(UNPUBLISHED)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JAN-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references