Meadow Mountain Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodity Lead
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 10094282
MRDS ID D003856
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.50351, 47.4532 (WGS84)
Elevation 1244
Relative position APPROX. 3 MI N OF SALTESE, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 031W 35,36 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF PACKER CREEK, ABOUT 1/2 MI N OF MEADOW MTN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within A Belt Approx 1 Mi Wide. Along The North Side Of The Osburn Fault Zone. It Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.50351, 47.4532

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Consists Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate A Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Vertical Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GENERAL STRIKE OF COUNTRY ROCK IS NW AND IS HEAVILY CRUSHED, BUCKLED AND CONTORTED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Packer Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mineral King Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 88.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LEVELS, AS OF 1956 , WERE PARTLY ACCESSIBLE. ONE WAS CAVED 150 FT FROM THE PORTAL. THE OTHER WAS CAVED 140 FT FROM THE PORTAL. 1914 PUBLICATION MENTION LESS THAN 5 ADITS, ONLY 2 OF WHICH HAD ANY CONSIDERABLE WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • MINE UNDERWENT SOME DEVELOPMENT WORK IN THE LATE 1950'S AND EARLY 1960'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 605 .

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 194 .

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1960 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1959 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14 , P. 30 .

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1962 , DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1962 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 25 , P. 37 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS ALONG A BEDDING-PLANE FAULT ZONE OF CRUSHED AND CRUMPLED ARGILLITES (WALLACE FM.). ACCORDING TO A 1914 REPORT, WORKINGS INTERSECTED ANOTHER VEIN AS WELL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references