Baker and Sullivan Mine

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. 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 10108512
MRDS ID DC11188
Record type Site
Current site name Baker and Sullivan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28342, 46.78322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6.4 KM SE OF GARNET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 013W 19 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF MULKY CR CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Silver Hill Formation;Flathead Formation
    Rock description Silver Hill Formation;Flathead Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.28342, 46.78322

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PRE-1916.

Mining district

District name Garnet Range Area

Comments on the production information

  • $11,000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS GT 30FT IN DIAMETER

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

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