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Kirkendal Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony
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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. 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. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013355
MRDS ID D009595
Record type Site
Current site name Kirkendal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09258, 46.49517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1927
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF N FORK DOUGLAS CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 012W 34 NE OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF WASH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result FROM DRILL HOLE: 0.05-0.15% ZN, 0.05% PB, 0.06-0.1% CU, TRACE AG AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kootenai Formation
    Rock description Kootenai Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blackleaf Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasa-Shamrock Fault, Dunkleberg Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wasa-Shamrock Fault, Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip 65-70E
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dunkleberg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 225.55M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5014, P. 15, FIG. 3, 4A, 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FRACTURED, FAULTED AND MINERALIZED ZONE. THERE IS A QUARTZ VEIN A FEW INCHES THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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