Sanders Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019798
MRDS ID DC11563
Record type Site
Current site name Sanders Mine
Alternate or previous names Saunders Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26703, 46.336 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2 KM ENE 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE SLOPE OF POORMAN HILL, 200 FT ABOVE TOWER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE: 25% PB, 53 OZ/TON AG, $3/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    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) -113.26703, 46.336

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

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 Moorlight Mining Co.
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Larry Donlan
    First year 1913

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT THROUGH GRANITE, A FAULT AND LIMESTONE. OPEN PITS AND A SHORT ADIT 70 FT HIGHER THAN LARGER ADIT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRIKES ACROSS BEDDING OF COUNTRY ROCK THAT DIPS 45 E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 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.