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St. Thomas Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102016
MRDS ID DC11119
Record type Site
Current site name St. Thomas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15924, 46.27572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.1KM S OF FRED BURR LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fred Burr Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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 006N 012W 18 SE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 200FT N OF NINETEEN HUNDRED MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE ASSAY: 1 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Missoula Group
    Rock description Missoula Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15924, 46.27572
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 54SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Red Lion-Hidden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Thomas Heffern

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS OF GOLD (1900)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSS CUT TUNNEL, DRIFT, RAISE, WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CUTS ACROSS BEDDING PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 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.

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