Sadie Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015856
MRDS ID DB02117
Record type Site
Current site name Sadie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40228, 46.49851 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.2 KM NNE OF NEGRO MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 006W 30 SE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF LITTLE BLACKFOOT RIVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40228, 46.49851

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Length 182.88M
    Width 7.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone In Andesite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joe Bonneville

Comments on the production information

  • UPPER TUNNEL ASSAY $20/TON AG AND PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 2 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIATION OF VEIN MATERIAL AND RECEMENTATION BY SULFIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 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.