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Brooklyn Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071353
MRDS ID W014688
Record type Site
Current site name Brooklyn Mine
Alternate or previous names Pierre Mine, S. Brooklyn Mine
Related records 10245529

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.12313, 46.39017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Relative position 11KM SE OF MAXVILLE. 2MI ABOVE PRINCETON ON THE S SLOPE OF PIERRE HILL.

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 007N 012W 04,05,09,32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • UTM LOCATION OF LOWERMOST OF THREE ADITS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 18.1 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.002 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.3 % CU
Result 2.48 % PB. S. BROOKLYN: 6.2 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.4 % PB
Result 0.6 % ZN
Result 1.22 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Porphyry Dike;Royal Batholith;Philipsburg Batholith
    Rock description Porphyry Dike;Royal Batholith;Philipsburg Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.12313, 46.39017
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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 IRREGULAR
    Length 53.34M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Porphyry Dike, Royal And Philipsburg Batholiths

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer R.S. Leveridge

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black And White Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Roger Little

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Material CU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.7%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 2wt-pct
  • Year 1907
    Material PB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 8wt-pct
  • Year 1907
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^13%
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Zinc Zinc 13wt-pct
  • Year 1907
    Material AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^37 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 1045g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 701.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • 600FT ADIT DRIVEN N INTERSECTS A PORPHYRY DIKE 152 M FROM THE PORTAL. #2 ADIT CONNETS WITH ADIT #3 WITH A 50 FT CROSSCUT. ADIT #3 IS 300 FT LONG. ADIT #5 1300 FT LONG WITH HAULAGE WAY. 4 IN GIANT GRIZZLY MOUNTED AT FACE OF ADIT.

Comments on development

  • COMPRESSOR SHED, MACHINE SHOP, WATER PIPE, REMAINS OF BURNED MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 249.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FS00057

  • Deposit

    FS00058

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 100, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL USF

  • Production

    USGS PP 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

Beyond USGS

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