| Deposit ID | 10105990 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026557 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Amador Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.00932, 47.11432 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1116 |
| Relative position | 12 MI SW OF SUPERIOR |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Illinois Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lolo National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 016N | 027W | 28 | NE OF SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock | ||||
| |||||
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | South Of Montana Lineament |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N 30 W Strike And Northeast Dip Of Bedding Of Wallace |
| General form | BRANCHING VEIN, TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N90W |
| Dip | 50 DEG S |
| Plunge | 55 |
| Plunge direction | E |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Depth to bottom | 182.88M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1913 |
| District name | Keystone |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amador Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1828.8M |
| Overall depth | 183.18M |
| Overall length | 42.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026557 |
CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS - SUPERIOR AREA, MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1082 - I, P. 600 - 602
1951 GEOLMAP WALLACE - UNPUBLISHED REPOR
CAMPBELL, 1960 , GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS ETC. P. 602
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS STRIKE N45W TO N90W AND DIP 55-75S |
| Deposit | LARGE DIKE OR SILL OF UNSPECIFIED COMPOSITION 0.25 MILE SOUTH OF MINE - DEPOSIT MAY BE GENETICALLY RELATED TO THIS BODY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1977 | Berg, Richard B. (Krohn, D. H.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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