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Douglas Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019265
MRDS ID DC09343
Record type Site
Current site name Douglas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32592, 46.45628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.2 KM NE OF BLACK PINE MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 008N 014W 11 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SLOPE OF HENDERSON MT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result $13 AU, 25 OZ. AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 40 S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name John Long Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul And W.C. Scott

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, ONE 50 FT ABOVE OTHER, MILL BELOW MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 256.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-06-1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUTS ACROSS BEDDING, 300 FT FROM PORTAL FAULTED W., 40 FT EAST 2ND FAULT, 90 FT SE VEIN IS ENCOUNTERED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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