Tussle Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102033
MRDS ID DC11427
Record type Site
Current site name Tussle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.08702, 46.42406 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 0.4 KM NE OF BIELENBERG LAKE.

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 008N 012W 27 NW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result UNSORTED ORE-30 OZ AG, $2.00 GOLD, 2% CU & PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock
    Rock description Royal 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) -113.08702, 46.42406

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 87 W
    Dip 63 S
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1906

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1904-06 $12,000.00 WORTH OF ORE . PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED IN 1933, 1937, 1938.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT LEVELS AT 22, 65, 110FT BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT, BELOW 110 FT UNDER WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, PP 78, P. 247.

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, G.E., 1959, MAP OF THE NW FLANK OF THE FLINT CREEK RANGE, WESTERN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1933, 1937, 1938

  • Production

    USGS PP 78. USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON THE 65 FT LEVEL E OF THE SHAFT, A REVERSE FAULT STRIKING S 60 E AND DIPPING ABOUT 50 N THROWS THE VEIN ABOUT 1.5 FT S. ON THE 22 FT LEVEL THE SAME FAULT E OF THE SHAFT AND OFF SETS THE VEIN 7 FT TO THE S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 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.