Nonpareil Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071350
MRDS ID W014684
Record type Site
Current site name Nonpareil Mine
Related records 10256256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.13841, 46.39795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2.6 KM SE OF PRINCETON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxville(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 012W 32 SW OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF BOULDER CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Rock In Brecciated Zone Altered To Soft Clay And Iron Stained

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation;Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Madison Formationt;Jefferson Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.13841, 46.39795

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description On Crest Of Douglas Mountain Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Royal And Philipsburg Batholiths, Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Year of first production 1891

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. J. Maccalman,
    Home office 1010 5th St., Deer Lodge, MT 59722
  • Type Owner
    Owner Non-Pareil Mining Co., C. H. Bielenderg, Sec-Treas.
    Home office 801 Milwaukee, Deer Lodge, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $50,000 IN AG AND PB. PRODUCTION ESTIMATED USING $1/TOZ FOR AG, 4?/LB PB AND ASSUMING 5 TOZ AG PER 1 % PB WHICH IS ABOUT THE AG-PB RATIO AT THE NEARBY BROOKLYN MINE WHICH HAD SIMILAR MINERALIZATION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 85M

Comments on the workings information

  • 280 FT SHAFT, LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT BELOW THE SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 249.

  • Deposit

    SILVERMAN, A., 1965, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, IN GEOLOGY OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, MONTANA: BILLINGS GEOL. SOC. 16TH FLD. CONF., P. 108-119

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 33, P. 11.

  • Production

    USGS PP 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FISSURE IN A ZONE NEAR THE FAULTED CONTACT OF THE JEFFERSON AND MADISON LIMESTONES. THE COUNTRY ROCK SHOWS MUCH BRECCIATION AND THE DISTURBED ZONE HAS A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 120 FT. NODULES OF GALENA WERE FOUND WITH A FEW FT OF THE SURFACE AND ARE SAID TO HAVE EXTENDED DOWNWARD TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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.

External references