Triangle and Grass Widow Mines

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102020
MRDS ID DC11199
Record type Site
Current site name Triangle and Grass Widow Mines
Alternate or previous names Morning Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66844, 46.79045 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5 MI ENE OF CLINTON, .75 MI NW OF HIDDEN TREASURE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clinton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N;012N 017W;016W 13,24;18 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ADITS ON NE SIDE OF WOODVILLE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Specularite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 3.5-6.75% CU, 7-13OZ/TON AG, $1.50-2.50/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Clinton Stock
    Rock description Clinton Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66844, 46.79045

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Clinton Stock

Ore body information

  • Dip 75NW
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Parallel Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OXIDES, SULFIDES OF FE AND CU

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clinton District

Comments on the production information

  • $3500 IN ORE SHIPMENTS

Comments on the workings information

  • TRANGLE CLAIM IS AN ADIT-DRIFT 540FT LONG TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT; GRASS WIDOW IS 2 SHORT ADITS (50 & 75FT); THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS IS A CROSSCUT 513FT LONG FROM THE TRIANGLE WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A COMPOSITE VEIN OR ZONE OF PARALLEL FRACTURES. MOST OF THE FRACTURES CONTAIN ORE SEAMS THAT ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH IN WIDTH. THE INTERVENING GRANODIORITE IS MODERATELY CRUSHED AND EXTENSIVELY BLEACHED AND SERICITIZED.
Deposit 540 FT ADIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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