Amazon - Dixie Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019051
MRDS ID DC08410
Record type Site
Current site name Amazon - Dixie Mine
Alternate or previous names Sildex Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69352, 47.43737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1.2 MI W OF BORAX, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 019N 032W 05,04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD AND COOPER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Ankerite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69352, 47.43737

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Fault (Silver Creek). Throws Along Fault Range From 2000 To Several Thousand Feet.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILVER CREEK FAULT MAY BE CONTINUOUS WITH FAULT IN THE ATLAS PROPERTY NEAR MULLAN, IDAHO WHERE 20 FT WIDE VEINS OF ANKERITE CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE AND SOME GALENA ARE KNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name St. Regis District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amazon-Dixie Mining Co.
    Home office Box 469, Scott Bldg., Wallace, Id 83873.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7924.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INACCESSIBLE DURING THE 1950'S.

Comments on development

  • NINE PATENTED CLAIMS; MINE INACTIVE FROM 1929 TO 1977 , WHEN NEW EXPLORATION BEGAN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608 .

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F. C., 1935 , DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM 15 , P. 60 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 16 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-15-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references