Mine detail: Drake Mine

Previously called 'Trade DollarDixonEagleGreen MountainKootenai Copper'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.26571, -114.40597

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Copper
Secondary: Platinum, Palladium, Lead
Tertiary: Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrrhotite, Sperrylite, Tenorite
Gangue: Chlorite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR, VEINS
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1910

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1910
Last production ended: 1949

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite,Argillite
Associated rock:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Northwest Folds And Faults, Some Northeast Faulting, North-Striking Faults And Shears
Tectonic:Belt Basin In Proterozoic, Now Part Of Rocky Mountains
Alteration processes:Argillic Alteration Within Shears, Diorite Altered To Serpentine And Talc

References

MRDSW026566
DEP10078298
Reference{Deposit:: CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34 , P. 35-39.}{Deposit:: HARRISON, J.E., LEACH, D.L., KLEINKOPF, M.D., AND LONG, C.L., 1986, RESOURCE APPRAISAL MAP FOR PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM-TUNGSTEN, PLATINUM-GROUP METALS, AND EPITHERMAL SILVER DEPOSITS IN THE WALLACE 1 X 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, MONTANA AND IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1509-H, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: INGERSOLL, R.G., JR., GALLOWAY, GARY, AND DUNN, MICHAEL, 1982, FIELD INVENTORY OF MINERAL RESOURCES, FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT BIA 22-II, 38 P. + APPENDIX.}{Deposit:: VAN LOENEN, R.E., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND EARHART, R.L., 1984, PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM IN A MAFIC DIKE, SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1694-G, P. 83-89.}{Deposit:: BUCKLEY, STEVE, 1992, GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION, IN MANYDEEDS, S.A., ED., MINERAL FRONTIERS ON INDIAN LANDS: U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DIVISION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, PUBLICATION G-92-2, P. 39-47.}{Deposit:: SAHINEN, U.M., 1936, REVAIS CREEK MINING DISTRICT, SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: PRIVATE REPORT.}{Deposit:: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1971, GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE AND SOIL SAMPLE INVENTORY OF RAVALLII - DIXON - CAMAS PRAIRIE AREA, SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP CONSULTANT PRIVATE REPORT}{Deposit:: 1971 GEOCHEM, MBMG, UNPUB. REPORT}
ReporterJohns, Willis M. (R.B. Berg), Peterson, Jocelyn A.