Carter Mining & Milling Co. Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010485
MRDS ID D004161
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Mining & Milling Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90266, 47.28071 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 2 MI NE OF KEYSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(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 018N 026W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS ON THE EXPOSED ORE SHOOT, A VALUE OF OVER $45PER TON IN GOLD AND 3.6 OZS. WAS THE RESULT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name St. Regis
    Rock description St. Regis

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.90266, 47.28071

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Strata Dips From A Few Degrees To Nearly 90 Degrees Sw, Strikes Nw By Se

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES OR KIDNEYS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT
    Strike E-W
    Dip 65N
    Length 2286M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carter District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on development

  • THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF EIGHT FULL,UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND TWO MILL SITES (IN 1911)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROWE, J.P.;GOLD QUARTZ MINING IN WESTERN MONTANA,THEMINING WORLD, P.1033, 5/20/11.

  • Deposit

    ROWE,J.P.;GEOLOGY AND ORES OF THE CARTER DISTRICT, MONTANA, MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, P581, 9/23/11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN DIPS NORTH ABOUT 65 DEGREES AND STRIKES NEARLY E-W. THE WIDTH IS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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