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Pay Rock Mine

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Platinum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010422
MRDS ID D004065
Record type Site
Current site name Pay Rock Mine
Related records 10078298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.40597, 47.26571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7 MI FROM DIXON, Est Based On Description As "7 Mi From Dixon" Around Revais Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McDonald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N 022W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON ADIT SYMBOL ABOUT 0.1 MI SOUTH OF GREEN MOUNTAIN (DRAKE) MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Correlative Of Purcell Sills
    Rock description Correlative Of Purcell Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup, Ravalli Group, Burke Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.40597, 47.26571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Dikes With Country Rock

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY PRESUMED THE SAME AS AT THE DRAKE MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 45 FT WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT.

  • Deposit

    HARRISON, J.E., LEACH, D.L., KLEINKOPF, M.D., AND LONG, C.L., 1986, RESOURCE APPRAISAL MAP FOR PORPHYRY MONYBDENUM-TUNGSTEN, PLATINUM-GROUP METALS, AND EPITHERMAL SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE WALLACE 1 X 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1509-H, SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO THAT AT DRAKE MINE; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: REVAIS CREEK CU-AU-PGE.
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS W026566.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-80 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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