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Peacock Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10019266
MRDS ID DC09344
Record type Site
Current site name Peacock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.32175, 46.46517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.4 KM SSE OF SUMMIT OF SUNRISE MT.

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 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S SLOPE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Newland Formation
    Rock description Newland Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.32175, 46.46517
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hanging Wall Is A Shoot Of Rich Ore

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 Scott Brothers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS THE LOWER TUNNEL INTERSECTS THE LODE 45 FT FROM THE PORTAL, THE SECOND TUNNEL IS 45 FT HIGHER AND HAS GT 300 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

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 195 FT FROM PORTAL DISPLACED BY FAULT 40 FT THE FAULT STRIKES S 65 E AND DIPS STEEPLY SW.

Reporter information

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

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