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Little Daisy Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015874
MRDS ID DB02146
Record type Site
Current site name Little Daisy Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Little Daisy, Orient, Maggie, Alice Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.49673, 46.68601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES EAST OF OPHIR AT THE HEAD OF LINCOLN GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esmeralda Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 007W 20 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 14.8 KM NNW OF ELLISTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.49673, 46.68601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Dip 45 SE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Or Near Contact Between Limestone And Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name Ophir District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Valiton
    Home office Deer Lodge, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Allen

Comments on the production information

  • $3000 IN AG-AU ORE WITH SOME PB. $40/TON FOR ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: JULY, 1889
Deposit 3 OR MORE VEINS, DAISY-VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE. ORIENT VEIN TRENDS EAST, DIPS 60 NNW AND IS 4-8 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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