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White Cloud Mine

Past Producer in Ravalli 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019353
MRDS ID DC09631
Record type Site
Current site name White Cloud Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.95511, 46.64988 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MI E OF FLORENCE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 019W 01,02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 4.5 KM SE OF WHALEY MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Selenite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result $2.50-50.00/TON AU ($20.00/OZ UA), SMALL AMOUNT OF AG.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.95511, 46.64988
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, LENSES
    Strike N 55-60 E
    Dip 75+ SE
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITIC IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS FOUND IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1866
Discoverer Marcus Daly

Mining district

District name Eight Mile District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRE 1938. IN 1938 TEST LOT VALUED AT $57.00.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 94.49M
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS NEAR CREEK LEVEL, ONE 140 FT LONG EXTENDS UNDERNEATH A SURFACE GLORY HOLE, THE OTHER EXTENDS 210 FT TO INTERSECT THE SHAFT ON THE HILL AND INTERSECTS THE MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE 85-125 FT FROM THE PORTAL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 50-1

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 50.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN HAS A WELL DEFINED HANGING AND FOOT WALLS. THERE HAS BEEN MOVEMENT OF THE COUNTRY ROCK SINCE THE VEIN MATERIAL HAS BEEN DEPOSITED. THE GOLD IS FOUND ENTIRELY WITHIN THE PYRITE. THE ORE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED BY THE ACTION OF ASCENDING HOT WATERS CARRING IN SOLUTION MOST OF THE VEIN FILLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 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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