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Royal Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105712
MRDS ID W014637
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Mine
Alternate or previous names Royal Basin Dump
Related records 10245831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09258, 46.41072 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position ABOUT 16 KM SOUTHEAST OF MAXVILLE

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 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LABELED PORT ROYAL MINES ON TOPO MAP. MINES IN SECTION 27 ARE ON THE SUNDAY CLAIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotite And Feldspar In Granite Altered To Calcite, Sericite, And Chlorite.

Analytical data

Result $8-200/TON AU (1890)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock;Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Royal Stock;Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.09258, 46.41072
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S 65 E
    Dip 60 SE
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Best Ore Found In Granite Near The Porphyry Dike.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FISSURE THAT CUTS PORPHYRY DIKE IS ESSENTIALLY BARREN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Knapp, Philipsburg, Mt.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Royal Mining Co., C/O The Anaconda Co. Butte, Mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UP TO 1906 WAS GIVEN AS $1000000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2500M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKED THROUGH FIVE DRIFT TUNNELS DRIVEN ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ON THE SLOPE OF A RIDGE. WORKINGS CONSIST ENTIRELY OF DRIFTS ALONG THE VEIN.

Comments on development

  • ROYAL BASIN DUMP: OPERATED BY FRANK RUPINSKI, HAYDEN LAKE 10, 83835

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 246-47.

  • Deposit

    SILVERMAN, BILLINGS SOC. 16TH FIELD CONFERENCE

  • Production

    USGS PP 78

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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