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Heidelberg Mine

Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070474
MRDS ID W013421
Record type Site
Current site name Heidelberg Mine
Related records 10172682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.6302, 48.05265 (WGS84)
Elevation 1247
Relative position HALF MILE SOUTH OF ROCK LAKE IN KANIKSU NATIONAL FOREST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elephant Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 027N 031W 32,29 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ravalli Group, Light Grey-White Quartzites;Wallace Formation, Argillites & Sandstones
    Rock description Ravalli Group, Light Grey-White Quartzites;Wallace Formation, Argillites & Sandstones
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.6302, 48.05265
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Associated With Rock Lake Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 25 EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer R. J. Price Mining Company
Year of first production 1936

Mining district

District name Noxon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Heidelberg Mining Co; C/O G. A. Meyers 1001 Court St. Pasco, Wa 99301
  • Type Owner
    Owner Heidelberg Mining Co; C/O G. A. Meyers., Pasco, Wa. 99301

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE STATUS AS OF 1974 IN LAWSON'S DIRECTORY. LISTED AS DEVELOPING SOUTH OF ROCK LAKE ARE REMAINS OF SMALL CONCENTRATING MILL.

Comments on development

  • R. J. PRICE MINING CO. BEGIN MINING NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY EARLY 1920'S. BY 1930'S PRICE HELD 15 CLAIMS AND BEGAN WORK ON LONG ADIT SOUTH OF ROCK LAKE - REPUTEDLY THE HEIDELBURG. 1936 THE OPERATING CO. CHANGED IT'S NAME TO HEIDELBURG MINING CO. AND WORK CONTINUED ON ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963, MINES & MINERAL DEPOSITS, SANDERS CO., MT., MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34.

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1974, DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1974. MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 95.

  • Production

    CROWLEY, 1963, MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Mlynarczyk, Meg S.; Krohn, D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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