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Midas Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Lead
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008777
MRDS ID D001150
Record type Site
Current site name Midas Mine
Related records 10221463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.51769, 48.0832 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF LIBBY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fisher(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 027N 030W Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposit
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE CONTENT OF WO3 ABOUT 0.15 PERCENT, WITH FEW SMALL SCATTERED POCKETS OF HIGHER GRADE. ITEM 1: PRODUCED BY ROSE CONSOLIDATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    GIBSON, R., 1948, USGS BULL. 956.

  • Production

    REF. NO. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES VALUED AT ABOUT $59,000 ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED TO MID - 1933. (REF. 1).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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