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Whaley Mining Claims

Occurrence in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Barium-Barite, Gold, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019446
MRDS ID DC10489
Record type Site
Current site name Whaley Mining Claims
Alternate or previous names Blue Racer, Woodchuck, Whaley Copper, Copper Bell, South Fraction, Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Black Bear, Black Bird, Brown Bear, Humming Bird, Iron King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.98762, 46.68682 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.0 KM S OF BALDY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 019W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • C NE/4 SEC. 28, SW/4 SEC. 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result BLUE RACER 10.92% 13.64% CU, LITTLE AG&AU
Result COPPER BELL RT OF SULFIDE VEIN 39?/TON AU, 1.42% CU, .19% PB
Result SULPHIDE VEIN 30?/TON AU, 24.6% CU, .28% PB
Result LF OF SULPHIDE VEIN 32?/TON AU, .2% CU, .57% PB
Result HUMMINGBIRD CLAIM 1.39% CU, .4% PB
Result BALD EAGLE 1.33% CU, .28% PB
Result BA VEIN ON BROWN BEAR CLAIM 94.6% BARITE, 3.7% SIL, .8%FE, THE SERICITE SCHIST 8.4% CU, .102 AG, .5% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.98762, 46.68682
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sapphire Mountains Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. L. Whaley
    Home office Missoula, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS, 200 FT DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG INF CIR 22, P. 21,22.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 41-2, 44.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 IN WIDE (BA); ON BLUE RACER 12 FT NW (CU)VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 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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