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Danemora Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107922
MRDS ID D004169
Record type Site
Current site name Danemora Mine
Alternate or previous names Dennemora

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65879, 47.41904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 7.5 MI W OF SALTESE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 019N 032W 10 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON DENNA MORA CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Revett
    Rock description Revett

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65879, 47.41904
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Vertical Fault

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Oscar Nordguist

Mining district

District name East Coeur D'Alene

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 472.44M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN AT DEPTH OF 350 FT REVEALS THE VEIN TO BE OF MUCH GREATER WIDTH THAN IN THE UPPER DRIFT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, HARRY A., EAST COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT, MONTANA? THE MINING WORLD, P. 272, 8/13/10

  • Deposit

    THE EXPLORATORY WORK TO DATE IN 1910 EMBRACES A 400 FT UPPER DRIFT TUNNEL, LOWER CROSSCUT TUNNEL 400 FT., 600 FT. OF VEIN DRIFTING AND 150-FT SHAFT FROM LOWER DRIF

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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