Frances Copper Prospect

Occurrence in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019058
MRDS ID DC08424
Record type Site
Current site name Frances Copper Prospect
Alternate or previous names Frances Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6882, 47.25294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 5.5 MI W OF THREE LAKES PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knowles(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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N 024W 08,07,05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON ST. LOUIS CREEK, 2 MI UPSTREAM FROM NINE MILE CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM A CUT SHOWED ONLY 0.18 % CU WITH A TRACE OF AG AND AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6882, 47.25294

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, STREAKS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nine Mile District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. L. Waylett And Ken Simon
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. L. Waylett

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS.

Comments on development

  • AREA IN DEVELOPMENT STAGE IN MID-1950'S. DEVELOPMENT WAS BY BULLDOZER CUTS AND DIAMOND DRILLING. NEW DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1972 BUT MINE WAS INACTIVE IN 1977 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 39 .

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 39 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 19 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 17 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-03-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUTS EXPOSE SHEAR ZONES SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN SOME SPHALERITE AND GALENA AMIDST CRUMBLY WHITE QUARTZ. SLUDGE FROM A DIAMOND DRILLING SUNK 40 FT DOWN IN A CUT EXHIBITED CONSIDERABLE SULFIDES, PRINCIPALLY CHALCOPYRITE.
Deposit BEING DEVELOPED 1953 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references