Hemlock Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010383
MRDS ID D004007
Record type Site
Current site name Hemlock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.51573, 47.43237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF SALTESE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltese(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 019N 031W 02 SE OF NW OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.51573, 47.43237

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Saltese District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Charles M. Shaw

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BUL. 95, 1975 P19

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BUL. 100, 1976

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1027-M, 1956, P.603.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 540, P. 194-195.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references