Puritan Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10019405
MRDS ID DC09953
Record type Site
Current site name Puritan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2537, 46.33406 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.5MI E OF PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(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 007N 013W 29 CENTER OF N2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST S OF HOBO MINE, 0.5MI E OF TOWER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Analytical data

Result MAX AG WAS 100 OZ/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2537, 46.33406

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip 71-85S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • LEVEL AT 100FT INTERVALS, BELOW LEVEL 2 MINE IS UNDER WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER-BEARING VEIN IN GRANITE ON LEVEL 2 THE ORE PLAYS OUT 100 FT W OF SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-80 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.

External references