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Sales Mine

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019024
MRDS ID DC08337
Record type Site
Current site name Sales Mine
Alternate or previous names Sales Prospect, Coming Day Claim, Wild Horse Claim, White Pigeon Lode Claim, Early Day

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.14629, 47.9546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position 2 MI SE OF DAVIS PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mantrap Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fisher(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025N 028W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON A NORTH TRIBUTARY OF WHITNEY CREEK NEAR THE LINCOLN-SANDERS COUNTY LINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Surface Water Circulating Within The Fractured Zone Has Converted Copper Bearing Sulfides To Carbonate And Silicate Minerals.

Analytical data

Result BULLDOZER CUT ASSAYED 0.82 % CU, 0.30 OZ/TON AG, 0.001 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.14629, 47.9546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds

Ore body information

  • General form BLEBS, STRINGERS, ELONGATED MASSES AND SURFACE COATINGS
    Strike S 20 DEG E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone, A Buried Intrusive Below The Fracture Zone Could Be The Source Of The Sulfides

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRACTURE ZONE DECREASES IN WIDTH AND INTENSITY TO THE SE. HOST BEDS STRIKE N 20 - 40 DEG W AND DIP 80 - 85 DEG SW. ; GEOL.DESC: ASSAY 0.82% CU, 0.001 OZ AU, 0.30 OZ AG PER TON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cabinet Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Watts
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruth Sales

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 2743.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF CAVED ADIT AND 9 BULLDOZER CUTS 1000 FT LONG SPACED ABOUT 100 FT APART. ONLY 5 BULLDOZER CUTS CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF COPPER ORE AND EVEN WITHIN THESE CUTS MINERALIZATION IS RELATIVELY SPARSE.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY HAD BEEN DEVELOPED INTERMITTENTLY DEVELOPED THROUGH ABOUT 1970 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1972 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1971 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 86 , P. 17 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 125 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , P. 32 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-28-1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN EXPOSED BY BULLDOZER CUTS. CHRYSOCOLLA IS FOUND AS BLEBS AND MASSES IN SHATTERED ARGILLITE WHEREAS AZURITE FORMS A SURFACE COATING ON SHEAR PLANES WITHIN THE ZONE. IN FRESH ARGILLITE, SMALL STRINGERS AND ELONGATED MASSES OF CUPRIFEROUS PYRITE (?), CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE AND POSSIBLY SOME CHALCOCITE WERE NOTED WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
Deposit PAST OPERATORS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO LEACH LOW GRADE MATERIAL; LEACHING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING A PRECIPITATING TANK, REMAIN AT THE SITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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