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Daily

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042784
MRDS ID M060811
Record type Site
Current site name Daily
Alternate or previous names Atlas, Dailey
Related records 10220904

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10366, 46.35129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 4.6KM SW OF CORBIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 15,16 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN TOWN OF WICKES.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 58 SAMPLES ON 300 LEVEL AVERAGE TR. AU, 6.82 OZ AG/TON, 3.66% CU, 1.97% PB, 3.31% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10366, 46.35129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO LENSE-LIKE
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 70-80S
    Length 128.02M
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 137.16M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East-Trending Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE MINERALIZED ZONES RANGE FROM 10-35 FT IN WIDTH AND STRIKE N 60 E AND DIP 60 N, THEIR RATIO OF CHALCOPYRITE TO PYRITE IS LARGER THAN THE ATLAS AND STEAMBOAT VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Uranium Corp. Of America
    Home office 525 Failin Bldg., Portland, Or
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dailey Mines
    Home office Wickes, Mt

Comments on the production information

  • THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED $50,000 PRODUCED BEFORE 1900

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGER RESERVE IS FOR ATLAS VEIN, SMALLER IS FOR STEAMBOAT VEIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 103.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, & 300 FT ON ATLAS VEIN. A CROSSCUT ON 300 LEVEL EXTEND 310 FT N TO STEAMBOAT VEIN.

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS: ATLAS, G.O.P., GO BETWEEN, STEAMBOAT AND STEAMBOAT MILL SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ATLAS VEIN STRIKES N 75-90 E AND DIPS 70-80 S AND OCCUPIES AN INTENSELY FRACTURED ALTERED ZONE NEAR THE TOP OF THE BATHOLITH, A LAYERED-VEIN AND CONTAINS MUCH ALTERED WALLROCK. IN SEVERAL PLACES THE HANGING WALL CONTAINS THIN VEINLETS THAT STRIKE N 65 E AND INTERSECT THE MORE E STRIKING ATLAS VEIN. THE STEAMBOAT VEIN IS ONLY KNOWN ON THE 300FT LEVEL, IT STRIKES N 80 E AND DIPS 75-85 S, W IT WIDENS TO 4 FT. THREE BROKEN, ALTERED, AND MINERALIZED ZONES ARE EXPOSED IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE ATLAS AND STEAMBOAT VEINS.
Deposit IF MINERALIZED ZONE PERSIST ALONG STRIKE, THE N ONE WOULD INTERSECT THE STEAMBOAT VEIN ABOUT 100 FT E OF THE CROSSCUT, AND THE S ONE WOULD INTERSECT THE ATLAS VEIN ABOUT 140 FT W OF THE CROSSCUT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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