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Marie Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019602
MRDS ID DC10923
Record type Site
Current site name Marie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26536, 46.34128 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ON DIVIDE BETWEEN CAMP CREEK AND BROWNS GULCH, 0.5 MI N OF TOWER

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE DIVIDE BETWEEN CAMP CREEK AND BROWNS GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 42% MN, 18% SI

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 Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26536, 46.34128
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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
    Thickness 60.96M
    Width 1.52M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. H. Morrison And Sons
    Home office Box 45, Philipsburg, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Byron And Melvin Sanderson

Comments on the production information

  • 1 CAR LOAD OF MN IN 1898, A MODERATE AMOUNT OF MN S ENT IN 1917-1918. UP TO 1940 A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $50000 IN AG AND MN. PRODUCED IN 1954 AND 1955 SOME MN ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, A SHAFT, AN ADIT, WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOLLOWS BEDDING PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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