Klondike Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172736
MAS/MILS ID 0300770157
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.89482, 47.13909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2137

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Scapegoat Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016 N 010 W 17 SENESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.89482, 47.13909

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 25N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N55W:25N
    Date of Last Modification 820810

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRIB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.