| Deposit ID | 10101953 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC08342 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Viking Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Viking Property, Gold Hill Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.47685, 47.95043 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1189 |
| Relative position | 25 MI S OF SILVER BUTTE PASS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver Butte Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Fisher(hydrologic unit)
Kootenai(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 025N | 030W | 04 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | QUARTZ VEIN IN DISCOVERY CUT ASSAYED $19.60/TON AU, 0.06 OZ/TON AG. CHANNEL SAMPLE OF VEINLET IN SHEETED ZONE ASSAYED $14/TON AU. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Metadiorite Sill | ||||||||
| Rock description | Metadiorite Sill | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Ravalli Group |
| Rock description | Ravalli Group |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| (1) | -115.47685, 47.95043 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 40 DEG NE |
| Thickness | 0.56M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1934 |
| Discoverer | Mark Fowler |
| District name | (Unorganized) |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Viking Mining Co |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC08342 |
SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., 1970 : MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 122
JOHNS, WILLIS M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 121 - 122 .
JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , PP. 29 - 30 .
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-11-1963
JOHNS, WILLIS M., 1970 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P 121 - 122 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT LARGELY CONSISTS OF FIVE FISSURE FILLED BEDDING VEINS WHICH ARE DISPLACED BY EN ECHELON SEGMENTS OF W-NW FAULTS THAT DIP SW. DURING EXCAVATION OF THE MILLSITE A METADIORITE SILL CONTAINING EXTENSIVE QUARTZ VEINLETS WAS DISCOVERED NATIVE GOLD FORMS IRREGULAR MASSES AND SMALL ELONGATE PARTICLES WITHIN THE QUARTZ VEINS. |
| Deposit | AVAILABLE ORE HAS BEEN MINED OUT EXCEPT FOR SMALL UNECONOMICAL BLOCKS OF MILLING GRADE ORE. BETTER ORE WAS MINED FROM THE ZONE OF OXIDATION ABOVE THE WATER TABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1979 | Rojstaczer, Stuart A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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