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Sunday Mine

Past Producer in Granite 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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071352
MRDS ID W014687
Record type Site
Current site name Sunday Mine
Related records 10149099

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09535, 46.41211 (WGS84)
Elevation 2310
Relative position ABOUT 16 KM SOUTHEAST OF MAXVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(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 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LABELED PORT ROYAL MINES ON TOPO MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Granite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock
    Rock description Royal Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09535, 46.41211
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 50 S
    Width 1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheeted Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN $73,000 IN GOLD. ASSUMING $20/TOZ FOR GOLD GIVES ESTIMATED PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 286.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN AND IS INTERSECTED BY AN ADIT A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE SURFACE. LODE IS A SHEETED ZONE COMPOSED OF 3 OR 4 NARROW PARALLEL VEINS AN AMALAMATING MILL BELOW SHAFT HOUSE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, 247.

  • 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

  • Production

    USGS PROF. PAPER 78

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

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