Significant Deposits

Tracts GP04 to NR49

GIS DATA  Location Classification   Past Production (Amount Recovered) Remaining Resources    
Layer Tract Map No Deposit District County State Long Lat No. Deposit Type No. Alternative deposit types Environmental Model Discovery Year Production Dates Tonnage thousand metric t Au metric t Ag metric t Cu thousand metric t Pb thousand metric t Zn thousand metric t OtherProduction References: Production Resource Year Tonnage thousand metric t Au metric t Ag metric t Cu thousand metric t Pb thousand metric t Zn thousand metric t Other Grades References: Resources Comments Operators
SCU1 GP04 01

Mangum - Paoli

Creta

Greer

OK -99.530 34.830 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced facies

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

    no no no no no no

 

 

1979

>6,000

no unk

>48

no no

 

Long, 1992

   
SCU1 GP04 02

Creta

Creta

Jackson

OK -99.500 34.500 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced facies

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1962 1965-1973

1,800

no

10

36

no no

 

R.O. Fay, Oklahoma Geological Survey, written commun., 1993

1975

5,400

no

30

109

no no

 

Dingess, 1976

   
MVTD GP05 01

Upper Mississippi Valley

Upper Mississippi Valley

Lafayette, Grant, Green, Jo Daviess, Dubuque

IL, WI, IA -90.420 42.450 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

1600's 1800-1979

>54,000

no

2

2

779

1,463

Pyrites, cadmium

Heyl, 1968; Heyl and others, 1959; USBM Minerals Yearbook and Production Data 1960-79

1979

3,717

no neg neg

5

120

Cadmium

Kilgore and others, 1983

Resource at Shullsburg and Crawford-Elmo No. 3 mines. Total resource unknown.

 
MVTD GP05 02

Indian Creek

Southeast Missouri

Washington

MO -90.900 38.500 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

1948 1954-1982

15,000

no no no

370

yes

 

USBM Minerals Yearbook, 1982, v. 2, p. 312

 

 

         

 

 

  Doe Run
MVTD GP05 03

Central Missouri

Central Missouri

Morgan, Miller, Camden, Moniteau, Cooper, Cole, Benton

MO -92.817 38.250 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

~1725 1830-1948

 

no no no

23

6

Barite

Kiilsgaard, 1967

 

 

         

 

 

 

 
MVTD GP05 04

Old Lead Belt

Southeast Missouri

St. Francois

MO -90.534 37.842 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

1715 1864-1972

>233,000

no

271

yes

7,711

93

 

Wharton and others, 1969; Kiilsgaard, 1967; Kiilsgaard and others, 1967; Snyder and Gerdemann, 1968

 

 

         

 

 

  Doe Run
MVTD GP05 05

Viburnum Trend

Southeast Missouri

Crawford, Washington, Iron, Reynolds

MO -91.167 37.583 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

1955 1960-1995

>177,000

no

1,431

328

11,234

1,415

 

USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1970-1995; SEC Form 10Ks for Asarco, Fluor, Dresser, Kennecott, Amax, and St. Joe; Cominco Annual Reports; Lasmanis, 1997

1993

 

no

1,621

unk

28,504

1,439

 

Doe Run Co., personal communication, 1994

  Doe Run
MVTD GP05 06

Mine LaMotte-Fredericktown

Southeast Missouri

Madison

MO -90.273 37.533 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

1715 1723-1961

>14,000

no neg

20

522

no

Nickel, cobalt

Wharton, 1975; Kinkel, 1967

1970

 

no unk unk sig no

0.46% Ni, 0.28% Co

Bilbrey, 1962; Long, 1992

  Anschutz - Falconbridge
MVTD GP05 07

Illinois-Kentucky

Illinois-Kentucky

Pope, Hardin, Livingston, Crittenden

IL, KY -88.423 37.527 32

Mississippi Valley

32c

Mississippi Valley fluorite

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

1818 1902-1995

>11,000

no

7

neg

64

266

>10,300,000 metric t fluorspar

Grogan and Bradbury, 1968; USBM Minerals Yearbook and Production Data 1900-1995

 

 

         

Cadmium

 

 

Ozark-Mahoning - Savage Zinc
MVTD GP05 08

Annapolis

Southeast Missouri

Iron

MO -90.700 37.367 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

  1923-1940

1,256

no no no

19

no

 

Wharton, 1975

             

 

 

 

 
MVTD GP05 10 09 11

Tri-state (Galena, Joplin, Picher)

Tri-state

Cherokee; Jasper, Newton, Lawrence; Ottowa

KS MO OK -94.650 37.083 32

Mississippi Valley

32a

Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

by 1810 1850-1970

>365,000

no no no

2,579

10,614

Cadmium, germanium

Martin, 1946; USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1946-1970

 

4,800

no no no

10

149

Cadmium, germanium, gallium

Wharton and others, 1969

Production tonnage excludes 138,000,000 metric t reprocessed mill tailings. Resource for MO portion of district only.

 
DMCU LS01 01

Birch Lake

Duluth

Lake

MN -91.733 47.817 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

    no no no no no no

 

 

1976

1,248,000

unk unk

5,866

no no

0.16% Ni

Listerud and Meineke, 1977

Resource may be as large as 4,800,000,000 metric t

 
DMCU LS01 01

Dunka River (Dunka Road)

Duluth

St. Louis

MN -91.883 47.666 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

    no no no no no no

 

 

1976

808,000

49

1,212

3,474

no no

0.109%Ni; 0.437 gpt Pd; 0.116 gpt Pt

Randol 1996; Listerud and Meineke, 1977

Resource may be as large as 2,840,000,000 metric t

Fleck Resources - Argosy
DMCU LS01 01

Gunflint Corridor East

Duluth

Cook

MN -90.740 48.050 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

1966   no no no no no no

 

 

1976

307,000

unk unk

491

no no

0.04% Ni

Listerud and Meineke, 1977

Resource may be as large as 1,695,000,000 metric t

Cleveland Cliffs Iron
DMCU LS01 01

Gunflint Corridor West

Duluth

Cook

MN -90.847 48.086 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

1966   no no no no no no

 

 

1976

192,000

unk unk

461

no no

0.06% Ni

Listerud and Meineke, 1977

Resource may be as large as 706,000,000 metric t

 
DMCU LS01 01

Maturi (South Kawishwi River West)

Duluth

Lake

MN -91.756 47.801 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

by 1951   no no no no no no

 

 

1976

416,000

unk unk

1,955

no no

0.15% Ni

Listerud and Meineke, 1977

Resource may be as large as 1,600,000,000 metric t.

 
DMCU LS01 01

Minnamax (Babbit Lake)

Duluth

St. Louis

MN -91.883 47.641 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

1957   no no no no no no

 

 

1976

836,000

unk unk

4,514

no no

0.13% Ni

Randol 1996

 

Arimetco International - Longyear Mesaba
DMCU LS01 01

Partridge River

Duluth

St. Louis

MN -92.039 47.576 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

    no no no no no no

 

 

1976

3,754,000

unk unk

14,641

no no

0.13% Ni

Listerud and Meineke, 1977

Resource may be as large as 14,704,000,000 metric t.

 
DMCU LS01 01

Spruce Road (Ely)

Duluth

Lake

MN -91.683 47.833 6b

Duluth Cu-Ni

 

 

Magmatic sulfide

1948   no no no no no no

 

 

1976

300,000

unk unk

1,380

no no

0.17% Ni; Platinum group metals

Listerud and Meineke, 1977

Resource may be as large as 1,902,000,000 metric t.

State of Minnesota
KVMS LS04 01

Lynne

Somo

Oneida

WI -89.970 45.695 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1990 no no no no no no no

 

  1992

6,100

6

591

45

116

612

 

DeMatties, 1994

Total resource is 6.8 to 7.3 million metric t.

Noranda
KVMS LS04 02

Catwillow

Crandon

Forest

WI -88.549 45.629 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

  no no no no no no no

 

   

2,600

2

41

39

unk

68

 

DeMatties, 1994

 

 
KVMS LS04 03

Pelican

Crandon

Oneida

WI -89.417 45.578 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1975 no no no no no no no

 

  1977

2,000

unk

35

20

unk

90

 

DeMatties, 1994

  Noranda
KVMS LS04 04

Thornapple (Eisenbray)

Ladysmith

Rusk

WI -91.140 45.514 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1970 no no no no no no no

 

  1974

2,700

unk unk

41

unk

95

 

DeMatties, 1994; May, 1996

Additional drilling 1984-85 identified 45,000,000 to 91,000,000 metric t of additional, low-grade Cu-Zn material.

Rio Tinto
KVMS LS04 05

Crandon

Crandon

Forest

WI -88.926 45.483 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1975 no no no no no no no

 

  1979

61,100

79

2,818

684

316

3,657

 

DeMatties, 1994

  Exxon - Rio Algom
KVMS LS04 06

Flambeau

Ladysmith

Rusk

WI -91.119 45.441 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1968 1993-1997

1,600

9

98

153

unk unk

Siliceous flux

RTZ Corp. 1993-96 SEC Form 20-F

 

4,600

10

94

101

unk

39

 

DeMatties, 1994

1.6% Zn in ore apparently not recovered. Resource is material below open pit.

Rio Tinto
KVMS LS04 07

Bend

Ladysmith

Taylor

WI -90.607 45.298 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1986 no no no no no no no

 

  1994

3,500

11

47

66

unk neg

 

DeMatties and Rowell, 1996

  Sharpe Energy and Resources - Freewest Resources
SCU2 LS07 01

White Pine

White Pine

Ontonagon

MI -89.534 46.744 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced facies

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

by 1868 1868-1995

173,000

no

1,490

1,766

no no

 

Mauk, 1993; Seasor and Brown, 1989; Copper Range and Inmet Annual Reports

1994

139,000

no

>1,000

1,443

no no

 

Inmet 1994 Annual Report, NM 7/24/95, Milton Gere, Jr. written communication, 1995

Some 1,361,000 metric t Cu remain in mine pillars (estimated as 112 million metric t ore assuming ore mined at 57% extraction and 6% dilution). Other resources include 1,809,000 metric t copper.

Inmet (Copper Range)
SCU2 LS07 02

Presque Isle

White Pine

Gogebic

MI -89.950 46.700 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced facies

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1950   no no no no no no

 

 

1985

95,000

no

1

1,100

no no

 

Cannon, 1985

 

Copper Range
NTCU LS08 01

Kearsarge Amygdaloid

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.363 47.307 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Native Cu

 

by 1869 1887-1964

89,061

no unk

1,030

no no

 

White, 1968; Wilband, 1978

1978

8,786

no unk

61

no no

 

Wilband, 1978

Several mines.

Calumet and Hecla
NTCU LS08 02

Isle Royale Amygdaloid

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.461 47.236 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Native Cu

 

by 1852 1853-1948

17,127

no unk

155

no no

 

White, 1968

1978

454

no unk

5

no no

 

Wilband, 1978

Chiefly Isle Royale mine

 
NTCU LS08 03

Osceola Amygdaloid

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.516 47.186 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Native Cu

 

by 1878 1879-1964

27,434

no no

270

no no

 

White, 1968; Wilband, 1978

 

10,299

no unk

98

no no

 

Wilband, 1978

Several mines.

Calumet and Hecla
NTCU LS08 04

Calumet and Hecla Conglomerate

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.579 47.140 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Native Cu

 

1864 1865-1964

72,428

no unk

1,910

no no

 

White, 1968

1978

2,977

no unk

35

no no

 

Wilband, 1978

Calumet & Hecla, Centennial, Osceola, Tamarack and other mines

Calumet and Hecla
NTCU LS08 05

Pewabic Amygdaloid

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.600 47.140 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Native Cu

 

1846 1855-1967

38,898

no no

491

no no

 

White, 1968; Lankton and Hyde, 1982

 

5,000

no unk

50

no no

 

Wilband, 1978

Chiefly Quincy mine.

Quincy Mining
NTCU LS08 06

Ashbed Amygdaloid

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.650 47.100 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Native Cu

 

1844 1855-1964

9,892

no yes

65

no no

 

White, 1968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chiefly Atlantic mine; small production from tailings 1965-1967 not included

Copper Range
NTCU LS08 07

Baltic Amygdaloid

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.579 47.079 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Native Cu

 

1882 1898-1967

56,167

no unk

841

no no

 

White, 1968

1978

1,507

no unk

12

no no

 

Wilband, 1978

Baltic, Champion, Globe, and Trimountain mines

Copper Range
LSGQ LS10 01

Reef

 

Marathon

WI -89.362 44.960 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1970 no no no no no no no

 

  1990

412

4

unk

1

no no

 

DeMatties, 1994

 

Noranda
HMAS LS12 01

Ropes

Marquette

Marquette

MI -87.425 46.530 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Archean

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1881 1883-1989

2,681

6.3

8.6

no no no

 

Fountain, 1992; Callahan SEC Form 10K 1985-1989

1990

438

1

unk no no no

 

Sims and Day, 1992; Bodwell, 1997

An additional 4.6 to 7.7 metric t Au indicated, mainly below present mine workings.

 
LSGP LSGP 01

Osceola

Osceola

White Pine

NV -114.400 39.080  

Vein, Au-quartz, peraluminous granite

 

 

 

1872 1872-1959

>49

1

4

neg neg neg

Tungsten

Hose and others, 1976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Rea Gold
LSGP LSGP 02

Weepah

Lone Mountain

Esmeralda

NV -117.560 37.930  

Vein, Au-quartz, peraluminous granite

 

 

 

1904 1986-1987

168

0.2

6

no no no

 

Sunshine Annual 1986-1988 Annual Reports

1991

89

0.3

unk no no no

 

Homestead Minerals 1991 SEC Form 10K

  Sunshine
LSGP LSGP 03

Mary - Drinkwater

Silver Peak (Mineral Ridge)

Esmeralda

NV -117.700 37.800  

Vein, Au-quartz, peraluminous granite

 

 

 

1864   unk unk unk unk unk unk

 

 

1995

6,800

13

unk no no no

 

NMI95

  Cornucopia Resources
LSGP LSGP 04

Skidoo

Emigrant (Skidoo)

Inyo

CA -117.147 36.336  

Vein, Au-quartz, peraluminous granite

 

 

 

1908 1908-1955

112

2

2.2

neg neg no

 

USBM Minerals Yearbook and Production Data 1908-1955

 

 

3

5

neg neg neg

 

Fyfe, 1980

Within Death Valley National Park

 
MO MOCX 01

Cave Peak

 

Culberson

TX -104.887 31.440 16

Porphyry Mo, Climax

 

 

Climax Mo

by 1914 no no no no no no no

 

  1980

>228,000

no unk

>105

no unk

0.13% Mo, 0.01% WO3, 0.1% Nb2O3, 0.001% Sn, also Be

Long, 1992; Sharp, 1979

Additional 180 to 450 million metric t resource at depth with 0.05% Cu, 0.2 to 0.3% Mo, 0.1% Nb2O3, 0.008% WO3, and 0.002% Sn.

Draco
MO MOLF 01

Mount Tolman

Sanpoil, Keller

Ferry

WA -118.692 48.057 21b

Porphyry Mo, Low-F

 

 

 

by 1952   no no no no no no

 

 

1981

2,180,000

neg neg

1,962

no no

0.093% Mo

Lasmanis and Utterback, 1995

Delineated geologic resource at a 0.048% MoS2 cut-off grade. Deposit is larger than area drilled.

Colville Tribes
MO MOLF 02

Cumo

Grimes Pass

Boise

ID -115.783 44.038 21b

Porphyry Mo, Low-F

 

 

 

1963   no no no no no no

 

Baker, 1985; Kiilsgaard and others, 1989

 

907,000

unk

1,866

544

no no

0.06% Mo; .008% W

Kirkham and Sinclair, 1995

 

Cimarron Minerals
MO MOLF 03

Buckingham

Battle Mountain

Lander

NV -117.075 40.617 21b

Porphyry Mo, Low-F

 

 

 

by 1982   no no no no no no

 

 

1982

1,297,000

unk unk

4,411

no no

0.058% Mo

Carten and others, 1995

 

 
MO MOLF 04

Hall (Cyprus Tonopah)

San Antone

Nye

NV -117.300 38.300 21b

Porphyry Mo, Low-F

 

 

 

1935 1981-1991

>6,564

no no

>3.7

no no

>14,800 metric t molybdenum

Atlantic Richfield 1981-85 and Cyprus Minerals 1988-91 SEC Form 10Ks

1986

181,000

no no

82

no no

0.091% Mo

Carten and others, 1995; Shaver, 1986

Production data incomplete.

Cyprus-Amax
MO MOLF 05

Rialto

Nogal

Lincoln

NM -105.780 33.510 21b

Porphyry Mo, Low-F

 

 

 

1894   no no no no no no

 

 

 

27,000

no no

27

no no

0.07% Mo

Carten and others, 1995; Hollister, 1978

   
PCU1 NA02 01

Catheart Mountain

 

Somerset

ME -70.217 45.536 21a

Porphyry Cu-Mo

 

 

Porphyry Cu

1965 no no no no no no no

 

 

1968

18,000

unk unk

100

no no

About 0.06% Mo

D.A. Singer, personal communication, 1996

Resource copper grade seems excessive; true grade perhaps 0.1 to 0.2% Cu.

Scott Paper
BVMS NA05 01

Blackhawk

 

Hancock

ME -68.622 44.391 24b

Massive sulfide, Besshi

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

by 1961 1972-1977

925

no unk

7

1

52

 

USBM Minerals Yearbook, 1972-77

1976

1,440

no unk unk unk

109

 

USBM Mineral Yearbook, 1975, 1976

Ore mined contained about14 gpt Ag, amount recovered unknown. Small production during World War I.

Black Hawk Mining
BVMS NA08 01

Elizabeth

Orange County Copper

Orange

VT -72.333 43.817 24d

Massive sulfide, Besshi

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1793 1830-1958

3,000

0.06

16

51

no

13

Pyrites

Howard, 1969; Brown, 1968; USBM Production Data

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Zinc produced was in calcines from roasting pyrites which were disposed of without recovering the zinc.

 
KVMS NA11 01

Bald Mountain

 

Aroostook

ME -68.745 46.737 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1977 no no no no no no no

 

 

 

33,681

5

114

375

neg

346

 

Scully, 1993a

First resource figure is for gossan cap, second figure for massive sulfide.

Black Hawk Mining
KVMS NA11 02

Mount Chase

 

Penobscot

ME -68.464 46.139  

Unclassified

 

Massive sulfide

 

1979 no no no no no no no

 

 

 

2,885

unk

302

42

139

325

 

Scully, 1993b

  J.M. Huber Co.
KVMS NA13 01

Harborside (Penobscot, Cape Rosier, Callahan)

 

Hancock

ME -68.810 44.352 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

by 1881 1968-1972

706

no

8

6

2

31

 

Brooksville 1972 Annual Town Report

1972

45

no unk

1

unk

1

 

Callahan 1971 SEC Form 10K

Production data estimated in part. Remaining resource estimated by deducting 1972 production from 1971 reserves.

 
KVMS NA14 01

Ledge Ridge

 

Oxford

ME -71.050 45.233 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

  no no no no no no no

 

 

 

3,400

1.6

61

32

27

76

 

Buro, 1993

  Boise Cascade - Aur Resources - Teck
KVMS NA14 02

Milan

 

Coos

NH -71.133 44.346 28a

Massive sulfide, kuroko

 

 

Volcanic-associated massive sulfide

1870's 1870's-1910 unk unk unk unk unk unk

 

 

 

500

1.2

25

11

8

36

 

Gair and Slack, 1979

Resource is estimated original size of deposit. Production, unknown but probably small, is included in resource.

Morgain Minerals?
NONE NONE 03

Madison

Silver Star

Madison

MT -111.729 45.079  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1865  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,000

7

unk

11

unk unk

 

AMH 1997 entry for Arkona Resources

 

BMR Gold - Arkona Resources
NONE NONE 05

Red Mountain (Royal)

Chiwawa

Chelan

WA -120.849 48.756 17

Porphyry Cu

 

Breccia pipe

 

by 1929 1929-1940

15

neg

0.5

neg no no

 

Stotelmeyer and others, 1982

 

770

unk

238

3

no no

 

Stotelmeyer and others, 1982

   
NONE NONE 06

Lamefoot

Belcher

Ferry

WA -118.646 48.734  

Unclassified

 

Veinlets in argillite; replacements in dolomite

 

1990 1994-1996

357

2

unk no no no

 

Echo Bay 1993-96 SEC Form 10K

1997

837

6

unk no no no

 

Echo Bay 1997 SEC Form 10K

Production estimated by deducting 1996 reserves from initial reserves and assuming 87% gold recovery.

Echo Bay Mines
NONE NONE 07

Key East - Key West

Belcher

Ferry

WA -118.551 48.710  

Unclassified

 

Veinlets in argillite; replacements in dolomite

 

1984 1993-1994

1,011

5

unk no no no

 

Echo Bay 1990 SEC Form 10K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves depleted. Production estimated using initial reserves and assuming 87% gold recovery.

Echo Bay Mines
NONE NONE 08

Overlook

Belcher

Ferry

WA -118.569 48.699  

Unclassified

 

Veinlets in argillite; replacements in dolomite

 

1986 1990-1995

2,654

11

unk no no no

 

Echo Bay 1990 SEC Form 10K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves depleted. Production estimated using initial reserves and assuming 87% gold recovery.

Echo Bay Mines
NONE NONE 09

543-S

 

Keweenaw

MI -88.180 47.360 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Chalcocite in basalt

 

  no no no no no no no

 

 

1995

1,498

no unk

62

no no

 

Skillings 1/19/95

 

Great Lakes Minerals - Brookline Minerals
NONE NONE 10

St. Louis

Keweenaw

Houghton

MI -88.390 47.240 23

Basaltic Cu

 

Chalcocite in basalt

 

1844  

 

no no no no no

 

  1990

7,300

no unk

73

no no

 

AMH 1993 entry for Great Lakes Minerals

 

Great Lakes Minerals
NONE NONE 11

York

York

Lewis and Clark

MT -111.750 46.721  

Unclassified

 

Disseminated Au

 

1864   no no no no no no

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Baitis, 1988

   
NONE NONE 12

Miller Mountain

Confederate Gulch

Broadwater

MT -111.414 46.620  

Unclassified

 

Dissemiated Au

 

1893 1903-1948

1

0.3

0.2

neg neg no

 

Avery and others, 1989

 

10,000

10

unk no no no

 

Randol 1996; Robertson Info-Mine

 

FMC Gold - Pegasus Gold
NONE NONE 13

Kona

Marquette

Marquette

MI -87.367 46.500 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1888   no no no no no no

 

 

1978

1,000,000

no no

3,000

no no

 

Wilband, 1978

 

Cleveland Cliffs Iron
NONE NONE 14

Montana Tunnels

Wickes (Colorado)

Jefferson

MT -112.126 46.371  

Unclassified

 

Diatreme, polymetallic, Au-bearing

 

1975 1987-1997

45,053

24

365

no

74

179

 

Pegasus Gold 1987-97 SEC Form 10K

1997

17,600

10

187

unk

35

106

 

Pegasus Gold 1997 SEC Form 10K

  Pegasus Gold
NONE NONE 15

Renova

Renova (Whitehall)

Madison

MT -112.000 45.794  

Unclassified

 

Epithermal vein

 

1896 1896-1958

130

6

>22

neg neg neg

 

Krohn and Weist, 1977; Lorain, 1937; USBM Minerals Yearbook 1936-58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mayflower Mining
NONE NONE 16

Blackbird

Blackbird

Lemhi

ID -114.339 45.121 24d

Cu-Co, Blackbird type

31a

Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb (Cu-Co rich)

Blackbird Co-Cu

1892 1951-1960

1,700

0.4

neg

29

no no

6,400 metric t cobalt

Hughes, 1990; Bergendahl, 1964; Vhay, 1964

1982

6,350

3

unk

89

no no

0.74% Co

Randol 1996

 

Noranda
NONE NONE 17

Iron Creek

Blackbird

Lemhi

ID -114.115 44.962 24d

Cu-Co, Blackbird type

30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, reduced facies

Blackbird Co-Cu

1967   no no no no no no

 

 

 

29,000

unk neg

151

no no

0.52% Co

Randol 1996

 

Siskon Gold - Cominco
NONE NONE 19

Lower Whitewood Creek

Whitewood

Lawrence

SD -103.700 44.400  

Tailings

39a

Placer Au

 

N/A no no no no no no no

 

 

1989

12,900

22

unk no no no

 

NM 4/17/95

Tailings also contain 0.15 to 3.0% As and some Hg.

Goldstake - Homestake
NONE NONE 20

Cobb Creek

Mountain City

Elko

NV -116.025 41.775  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1980's   no no no no no no

 

 

1988

2,900

5

unk no no no

 

Pan Orvana Resources 1988 Annual Report

  Orvana Resources
NONE NONE 21

Tag - Wildcat Prospect

Trinity

Pershing

NV -118.530 40.370  

Unclassified

 

 

 

by 1989   no no no no no no

 

 

1989

1,400

2

unk no no no

 

NMI92

   
NONE NONE 22

Rochester

Rochester

Pershing

NV -118.150 40.280 19c

Distal Disseminated Ag-Au

36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

 

1912 1912-1997

74,110

24

2,186

neg neg neg

 

Johnson, 1977; Couer d'Alene Mines 1986-1997 SEC Form 10K

1997

69,868

21

2,676

neg neg neg

 

Coeur d'Alene Mines 1997 SEC Form 10K

  Coeur d'Alene Mines
NONE NONE 23

Cornwall

Cornwall

Lebanon

PA -76.403 40.269 18d

Skarn, Fe

 

 

Fe skarn

1732 1742-1973

>91,000

2

14

260

no no

Cobalt, iron, pyrites

Lapham, 1968; Smith and others, 1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production of iron began in 1742, Cu, Au, Ag in 1908.

 
NONE NONE 24

Zeke (Buckhorn South)

Buckhorn

Eureka

NV -116.483 40.156 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

 

 

 

by 1989   no no no no no no

 

 

1997

22,000

35

unk no no no

 

Royal Gold 1997 Annual Report

  Royal Gold
NONE NONE 25

Kinsley Mountain

Kinsley

Elko

NV -114.340 40.130 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1986 1995-1997

4,272

4

>0.59

no no no

 

Alta Gold 1995-97 SEC Form 10K; NMI95-96

1997

120

1

unk no no no

 

Alta Gold 1997 SEC Form 10K

Plus 977 kg recoverable Au on leach pad.

Alta Gold
NONE NONE 26

Bellview

Chase

White Pine

NV -115.639 40.086 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1950's?   no no no no no no

 

Hose and others, 1976

1988

1,160

1.5

unk no no no

 

NMI95

 

Rochester Minerals
NONE NONE 27

Ruby Hill (West Archimedes)

Eureka

Eureka

NV -115.988 39.523 19c

Distal disseminated Ag-Au

 

 

 

1992 1998- no no no no no no

 

 

1994

18,000

50

unk no no no

 

ME 12/94, v. 46, p. 1320

Global resource in East and West Archimedes deposits.

Homestake
NONE NONE 28

Fire Angel

Eldorado

Lyon

NV -119.456 39.230  

Unclassified

 

 

 

by 1989   no no no no no no

 

 

1989

4,130

5

unk no no no

 

Horizon Gold 1989 Annual Report

 

Horizon Resources
NONE NONE 29

Kings Canyon

 

Millard

UT -113.656 39.078  

Unclassified

26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

    no no no no no no

 

 

1994

6,200

6

unk no no no

 

Randol 1996

  Crown Resources - Orion International Minerals
NONE NONE 30

Mindora

Garfield

Mineral

NV -118.294 38.477 26a

Sediment-hosted Au?

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

by 1968   no no no no no no

 

 

1988

907

1.2

55

unk unk unk

 

AMH 1993 entry for Eureka Resources

Property also has a 45,000,000 metric t resource with 0.11% Mo.

Eureka Resources
NONE NONE 31

Baxter Springs

Manhattan

Nye

NV -117.120 38.440 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

 

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal vein

by 1974   no no no no no no

 

 

1990

4,500

8

unk no no no

 

NMI95

   
NONE NONE 32

Apex (Dixie)

Tutsagubet

Washington

UT -113.802 37.067 32c

Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn

 

Colorado Plateau breccia pipe; Mississippi Valley Pb-Zn; Polymetallic replacement

 

1883 1884-1962

>17

neg

6

7

neg neg

 

Perry and McCarthy, 1977; Stowe, 1975

1983

220

neg

9

4

2

4

0.064% Ge, 0.032% Ga, 0.50% As

Bernstein, 1986

Surface dumps contained 45,000 metrit t material with 0.037% Ge, 0.019% Ga, and 1.55% Cu in 1983.

Cominco, Preussag
NONE NONE 33

Daisy - Mother Lode - Secret Pass

Bullfrog

Nye

NV -116.680 36.890 26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

 

Sediment-hosted Au

1987 1989-1997

6,743

2

>0.1

no no no

 

GEXA Gold 1988-91 SEC Form 10K; Rayrock Yellowknife 1996-1997 AIF

1995

45,816

41

unk no no no

 

AMH 1997 entries for Rayrock Yellowknife and Inter-Rock Gold

 

Inter-Rock Gold - Rayrock Yellowknife
NONE NONE 34

Sterling

Fluorine

Nye

NV -116.640 36.830 19c

Distal disseminated Ag-Au

26a

Sediment-hosted Au

 

1973 1980-1996

>487

5

unk no no no

 

Cathedral Gold 1983-95 Annual Reports

1996

83

0.6

unk no no

 

 

Cathedral Gold 1995 Annual Report

  Cathedral Gold - Placer Dome
NONE NONE 35

Colosseum

Clark

San Bernardino

CA -115.563 35.571  

Unclassified

 

Breccia pipe, Au

 

1865 1939-1993

5,764

11

7

neg

2

2

 

USBM Minerals Yearbook 1936-55; LAC Minerals 1989-93 Annual Reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves depleted 1993.

Barrick Gold?
NONE NONE 36

Morning Star

Ivanpah

San Bernardino

CA -115.491 35.362 36a

Detachment-fault-related polymetallic

 

 

 

1907 1980-1990

1,971

2

3

no no no

 

Vanderbilt Gold 1980-90 SEC Form 10K

1990

5,199

8

unk no no no

 

Vanderbilt 1990 SEC Form 10K

 

Vanderbilt Gold
NONE NONE 37

Zenda

Loraine (Amalie)

Kern

CA -118.464 35.291  

Unclassified

 

 

 

by 1904 1909-1932

49

0.1

3

no no no

 

USBM Production Data 1909-32; Troxel and Morton, 1962

1993

1,100

1.9

31

no no no

 

Randol 1996

  Claimstake Resources
NONE NONE 39

America

 

San Bernardino

CA -115.766 34.425  

Unclassified

22c

Vein, polymetallic

 

1905 1908-1984

311

0.5

unk no no no

 

Wilkins and Hillemeyer, 1996

1996

7,602

12

unk no no no

 

BMR Gold 1996 Annual Report

  BMR Gold
NONE NONE 43

Oro Cruz (Tumco)

Tumco

Imperial

CA -114.810 32.887  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1884 1895-1946

>116

2

>0.4

neg no no

 

Morton, 1977; USBM Production Data 1905-46

1994

6,617

11

unk no no no

 

Hecla 1994 SEC Form 10K

 

Hecla - MK Gold
NONE NONE 44

American Girl - Cargo Muchacho - Padre y Madre

Cargo Muchacho

Imperial

CA -114.765 32.790  

Unclassified

 

 

 

1892 1877-1996

12,414

19

unk neg neg no

 

Morton, 1977; Eastmaque Gold 1981-91 SEC Form 20F; Equinox Resources 1992 SEC Form 20F; MK Gold 1993 SEC Form 10K; Hecla 1994-96 SEC Form 10K; USBM Production Data 1914-58

1995

6,076

10

unk no no no

 

Randol 1996

Additional resource of 5,460,000 metric t tailings containing 1.5 gpt Au.

Hecla - MK Gold
NONE NONE 45

Hazel

Van Horn-Allamoore

Hudspeth

TX -104.900 31.170  

Unclassified

22c

Vein, polymetallic

Polymetallic vein and replacement

by 1856 1880-1947

100

neg

124

1

neg neg

 

Price and others, 1985

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   
SKNG NR05 01

Buckhorn Mountain (Crown Jewel)

Meyers Creek

Okanogan

WA -118.983 48.956 18f

Skarn, Au

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

1988   no no no no no no

 

 

1995

7,716

48

27

no no no

 

Battle Mountain Gold 1995 SEC Form 10K

  Battle Mountain Gold - Crown Resources
SKNG NR07 01

Diamond Hill

Indian Creek (Hassel)

Broadwater

MT -111.675 46.313 18f

Skarn, Au

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

late 1870's 1880-1950

57

0.8

unk no no no

 

Krohn and Weist, 1977

 

6,362

15

unk no no no

 

Pegasus Gold 1992 Annual Report

  Pegasus Gold
SKNG NR07 02

Elkhorn (Swan)

Elkhorn

Jefferson

MT -111.950 46.250 18f

Skarn, Au

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foster and Childs, 1993; AMH 1994

 

10,900

37

unk no no no

 

AMH 1997 entry for Santa Fe Pacific Gold

  Mountain-West Resources - Newmont Gold
SKNG NR07 03

Cable

Georgetown (Cable)

Deer Lodge

MT -113.216 46.200 18f

Skarn, Au

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

1866 1866-1968

 

5

4

no no no

 

Earll, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Includes small production from Cable placer.

 
SKNG NR07 04

Butte Highlands

Fish Creek

Silver Bow

MT -112.516 45.797 18f

Skarn, Au

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

1866 1867-1942

97

2

0.09

no no no

 

Ettlinger, 1996; Krohn and Weist, 1977

 

2,300

26 to 44

no no no no

 

Randol 1996

 

Orvana Resources
SKNG NR07 05

Bannack

Bannack

Beaverhead

MT -112.985 45.155 18f

Skarn, Au

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

1863 1902-1965

113

1

4

neg neg neg

 

Geach, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Substantial unrecorded production before 1902.

 
SKNG NR07 06

New World

New World

Park

MT -109.960 45.060 18f

Skarn, Au

 

 

Cu, Au, and Pb-Zn skarn

1869 1875-1953

>306

1.9

22

1

1

neg

 

Kirk and others, 1993

1992

10,915

83

326

82

unk unk

 

Kirk and others, 1993

 

Crown Butte - Noranda - Battle Mountain Gold
PCU2 NR08 01

Kelsey

 

Okanogan

WA -119.478 48.995 21a

Porphyry Cu-Mo

 

 

Porphyry Cu

by 1911   no no no no no no

 

 

1974

216,300

unk unk

597

neg neg

0.015 to 0.02% MoS2

Lasmanis, 1995

Indicated and inferred resource at a cut-off grade of 0.2% Cu. An additional 148 million metric t potential resource in Central zone.

 
PCU2 NR10 01

Heddleston

Heddleston

Lewis and Clark

MT -112.360 47.026 21a

Porphyry Cu-Mo

 

 

Porphyry Cu

by 1962   no no no no no no

 

 

1967

302,000

16

1,564

1,097

no no

0.01 to 0.015% Mo

Green, 1967; Souviren, 1974

 

Asarco
PCU2 NR10 02

Butte (Continental, Berkeley etc.)

Butte

Silver Bow

MT -112.526 46.020 21a

Porphyry Cu-Mo

 

 

Porphyry Cu

1912 1952-1997

512,697

14

1,650

2,440

no no

>57,475 metric t molybdenum

Anaconda 1959-70 Annual Reports; Anaconda 1971-75 SEC Form 10K; Arco 1976-83 SEC Form 10K; Asarco 1989-97 SEC Form 10K; USBM Minerals Yearbook 1952-91

1996

4,320,277

>120

16,294

23,762

no no

0.032% Mo

Long, 1992; Asarco 1986 SEC Form 10K

Production from Kelly underground, Berkeley and Continental pits. Recovery of metals largely estimated for the 1960's. Resource includes Berkeley and Continental pits, deep Berkeley, Kelly, deep block-cave, and Pittsmont deep; excludes over 197,000,000 metric t of partly-leached low-grade (0.25% Cu) dump material. Exact Au grade of resource not known.

Asarco - Montana Resources
PMR1 NR12 01

Clayton

Bayhorse

Custer

ID -114.410 44.283 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1877 1935-1986

2,155

0.07

212

1

38

13

 

Fisher and others, 1995; USBM Minerals Yearbook, 1935-1977; Clayton Silver 1978-89 Annual Reports

1989

155

neg

21

neg neg neg

 

 

  Clayton International Resources
PMR1 NR13 01

Garnet (First Chance)

Garnet (First Chance)

Granite

MT -113.343 46.827 19a

Polymetallic replacement

22c

Vein, polymetallic

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1867 1867-1955

 

4

3

neg neg neg

 

Kauffman and Earll, 1963

1988 unk

>4.7

unk no no no

 

Robertson Info-Mine

Resource in Nancy Hanks zone

Garnet Mining - Trans-Global Resources - Orvana
PMR1 NR13 02

Castle Mountain

Castle Mountain

Meagher

MT -110.680 46.470 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1884 1888-1961

>27

neg

132

neg

14

neg

 

Krohn and Weist, 1977; Roby, 1950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
PMR1 NR13 03

Hope

Philipsburg

Granite

MT -113.274 46.344 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1864 1866-1920

91

neg

124

1

neg no

 

Krohn and Weist, 1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
PMR1 NR13 04

Scratch Awl - True Fissure

Philipsburg

Granite

MT -113.266 46.332 19a

Polymetallic replacement

22c

Vein, polymetallic

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1865 1892-1969

136

0.3

125

1

5

18

 

Krohn and Weist, 1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
PMR1 NR13 05

Trout

Philipsburg

Granite

MT -113.267 46.329 19a

Polymetallic replacement

22c

Vein, polymetallic

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1868 1860-1962

450

unk

156

unk

2

7

Manganese

Krohn and Weist, 1977

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
PMR1 NR13 06

Elkhorn (Holter)

Elkhorn

Jefferson

MT -111.953 46.282 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1875 1875-1957

>659

2

468

neg

7

1

 

Roby and others, 1960; Weed and Barrell, 1901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
PMR1 NR13 07

Silver Star - Iron Rod

Silver Star - Iron Rod

Madison

MT -112.314 45.696 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1867 1867-1959

302

6

>4.5

neg neg neg

 

Sahinen 1939; USBM Minerals Yearbook and Production Data 1902-59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
PMR1 NR13 08

Hecla (Bryant)

Hecla (Bryant)

Beaverhead

MT -112.913 45.605 19a

Polymetallic replacement

 

 

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1873 1873-1965

595

0.6

416

4

51

2

 

Geach, 1972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
PMR1 NR13 09

Argenta (Montana)

Argenta (Montana)

Beaverhead

MT -112.904 45.335 19a

Polymetallic replacement

22c

Vein, polymetallic

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1862 1902-1965

283

2

18

neg

8

1

 

Geach, 1972

1989

1,281

14

unk no no no

 

Robertson Info-Mine

Resource at Shafer (Yellow Band) mine.

Aber Resources
ALKG NR15 01

Zortman - Landusky

Little Rocky Mountains

Phillips

MT -108.586 47.929 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1893 1893-1997

150,585

58

178

no no no

 

USBM Minerals Yearbook 1911-55; Pegasus Gold 1978-83 Annual Reports and 1984-97 SEC Form 10K

1996

62,300

45

unk no no no

 

Pegasus Gold 1996 SEC Form 10K

 

Pegasus Gold
ALKG NR15 02

Kendall

Kendall

Fergus

MT -109.459 47.294 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1893 1901-1997

29,135

24

6

no no no

 

Robertson, 1950; Canyon Resources 1987-97 SEC Form 10K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves depleted.

Crown Resources
ALKG NR15 03

Spotted Horse

Warm Springs (Maiden)

Fergus

MT -109.210 47.176 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1881 1881-1989

78

5

>0.5

neg no no

 

Woodward, 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Chelsea Resources
ALKG NR15 04

Maginnis

Warm Springs (Maiden)

Fergus

MT -109.219 47.176 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1881 1881-1981

>32

3

4.7

no neg no

 

Woodward, 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
ALKG NR15 05

Gilt Edge

Warm Springs (Gilt Edge)

Fergus

MT -109.226 47.144 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1884 1893-1918

~450

~3

>0.1

no no no

 

Woodward, 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small production 1980's.

Golden Maple Mining
ALKG NR15 06

Golden Sunlight

Whitehall

Jefferson

MT -112.014 45.906 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1890 1902-1997

30,775

48

>4

neg no no

 

Roby and others, 1960; Placer Dome 1983-1997 SEC Form 10K

1997

36,307

77

unk no no no

 

Placer Dome 1997 Annual Report

Production data incomplete.

Placer Dome
ALKG NR16 01

Richmond Hill

Carbonate

Lawrence

SD -103.856 44.383 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

by 1983 1989-1993

4,500

5

7

no no no

 

Lac Minerals SEC Form 10K/20F 1989-93

1992

251

0.5

0.6

no no no

 

Lac Minerals 1992 SEC Form 10K

Remaining resource at end 1992.

Barrick Gold
ALKG NR16 02

Johnson Gulch

Ragged Top

Lawrence

SD -103.900 44.350 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1896 1896-1917 unk

2

unk no no no

 

Montri and Paterson, 1990

1989

5,900

8

unk no no no

 

AMH 1996, entry for Naneco Minerals

 

Naneco Minerals
ALKG NR16 03

Bald Mountain (Wharf, Trojan, Portland)

Portland

Lawrence

SD -103.842 44.344 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1877 1877-1995

>34,100

49

>45

no no no

 

Allsman, 1940; Norton, 1974; Wharf Resources SEC Form 10K 1983-1995

1995 unk

57

unk no no no

 

Wharf Resources 1995 SEC Form 10K

 

Wharf Resources
ALKG NR16 04

Golden Reward

Ruby Basin

Lawrence

SD -103.806 44.331 22b

Alkaline AuTe

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1877 1887-1996

>10,600

29

>36

neg neg no

 

Allsman, 1940; MinVen Gold SEC Form 10K 1989-1992; Dakota Mining SEC Form 10K 1993-96

1996

5,800

8

unk no no no

 

Dakota Mining 1996 SEC Form 10K

Production before 1901 estimated. Resource includes encumbered and unpermitted material.

Dakota Mining - Wharf Resources
ALKG NR16 05

Gilt Edge

Gilt Edge

Lawrence

SD -103.764 44.328 22b

Alkaline Au-Te

 

 

Au-Ag-Te vein

1879 1879-1997

>6,500

8

7

neg no no

 

Allsman, 1940; USBM Production Data 1939-1942; MinVen Gold SEC Form 10K 1988-1992; Dakota Mining SEC Form 10K 1993-1997

1996

47,900

61

unk no no no

 

Dakota Mining 1996 SEC Form 10K

Production before 1942 estimated in part. Resource includes oxide and sulfide ores.

Dakota Mining
QZAD NR21 01

Orient

Orient

Stevens

WA -118.159 48.884 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

Hot spring Au-Ag

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal veins

1897 1904-1942

215

1.4

1

neg neg neg

 

Fulkerson and Kinston, 1958

 

405

3

2

neg neg neg

 

?

 

Western Continental
QZAD NR21 02

Kettle

Belcher

Ferry

WA -118.626 48.879 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal veins

by 1986 1990-1992

211

1

unk no no no

 

Derkey, 1993; Randol, 1990; Derkey and others, 1990

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves depleted. Production estimated using initial reserves and assuming 87% gold recovery.

Echo Bay Mines
QZAD NR21 03 04 05 06

Republic District (Knob Hill etc.)

Republic (Eureka)

Ferry

WA -118.758 48.673 25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal veins

1896 1896-1995

4,779

92

517

neg neg no

 

USBM Production Data 1902-59; USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1914, 1960-95; Day Mines Annual Reports 1958-80; Hecla SEC Form 10K 1981-85

1994

10,200

35

unk no no no

 

ME 9/95

Knob Hill mine, principal producer, absorbed most other mines in district over time. Resource is refractory ore at Golden Eagle property.

Hecla - Newmont Gold - Crown Resources
QZAD NR24 01

Seven-Up Pete

Seven-Up Pete

Lewis and Clark

MT -112.530 46.972  

Epithermal vein, quartz-adularia

 

 

 

1886   no no no no no no

 

 

 

13,000

25

unk no no no

 

SEGN#30

Columbia, Last Chance, and Rover mines.

Phelps Dodge - Canyon Resources
QZAD NR24 02

Basin Creek (Paupers Dream)

Rimini (Vaughn)

Lewis and Clark

MT -112.290 46.420  

Epithermal vein, quartz-adularia

25a

Hot-Spring Au-Ag

Creede, Comstock and Sado epithermal vein

1865 1988-1994

2,559

3

2

no no no

 

Pegasus Gold 1989-1994 SEC Form 10K

1993

13,327

14

unk no no no

 

Pegasus Gold 1993 SEC Form 10K

Porphyry Dike, Venus

Pegasus Gold
HTSG NR28 01

Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain

Valley

ID -115.142 44.958 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

 

 

 

1896 1896-1990 unk

5

8

no no no

 

USMX 1995 SEC Form 10K

1995

4,799

8

unk no no no

 

USMX 1995 SEC Form 10K

 

Dakota Mining
HTSG NR28 02

Grouse Creek

Yankee Fork

Custer

ID -114.736 44.439 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

by 1967 1994-1996

2,752

4

26

no no no

 

Hecla 1996 SEC Form 10K

1996

6,140

7

196

no no no

 

 

 

Hecla
HTSG NR28 03

Champagne

Lava Creek

Butte

ID -113.571 43.594 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

25c

Epithermal vein, Comstock

 

1883 1886-1993

3,346

2

27

neg neg

1

 

Anderson, 1929; USBM Minerals Yearbook 1937-49; Glamis Gold 1987-88 SEC Form 20F; Bema Gold 1991-93 SEC Form 20F

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

Reserves depleted.

Idaho Gold
HTSG NR30 01

Hog Heaven (Flathead)

Hog Heaven (Flathead)

Flathead

MT -114.582 47.923 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag (Pb)

 

 

 

1913 1928-1975

260

0.1

214

neg

15

no

 

Lange and others, 1996

1994

12,086

7.9

1,778

unk unk unk

 

Randol 1996

Includes West Flathead

Pan American Silver
HTSG NR30 02

McDonald

Seven-Up Pete

Lewis and Clark

MT -112.525 47.000 25a

Hot spring Au-Ag

 

Epithermal vein, quartz-adularia

 

1986   no no no no no no

 

 

1997

584,400

321

unk no no no

 

Canyon Resources 1997 SEC Form 10K

  Canyon Resources
SCU1 NR37 01

Troy (Spar Lake)

Noxon

Lincoln

MT -115.860 48.230 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1964 1981-1993

30,611

no

1,379

177

no no

 

Asarco 1981-93 SEC Form 10K

1993

10,883

no

530

71

no no

 

Asarco 1993 SEC Form 10K

Mine idle since 1993.

Asarco
SCU1 NR37 02

Montanore (Rock Lake, Noxon)

Noxon

Sanders

MT -115.640 48.080 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1983   no no no no no no

 

 

 

136,000

neg

9,331

1,061

no no

 

SEGN#6; E/MJ 3/1989

  Noranda
SCU1 NR37 03

Rock Creek

Noxon

Sanders

MT -115.660 48.070 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

1963   no no no no no no

 

 

 

130,417

neg

9,837

1,043

no no

 

McCulloch, 1992

  Asarco
SCU1 NR37 04

Snowstorm

Hunter

Shoshone

ID -115.733 47.467 30b

Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett

 

 

Sediment-hosted Cu

by 1901 1904-1943

750

neg

128

25

no no

 

Mitchell and Bennett, 1983

 

 

neg

138

26

no no

 

E. Bennett, pers. commun., 1993

 

 
SEDX NR39 01

Sheep Creek

 

Meagher

MT -110.680 46.750 31a

Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb (Cu-Co rich)

24b

Massive sulfide, Besshi

Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb-Ag

1988   no no no no no no

 

 

1994

8,500

unk unk

272

unk unk

0.1% Co

Randol 1996

 

Cominco
SEDX NR40 01

Triumph

Warm Springs

Blaine

ID -114.284 43.665 31a

Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb

19a

Polymetallic replacement and veins

Polymetallic vein and replacement

1864 1916-1958

1,585

2

396

2

67

85

 

USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1916-58; USBM Production Data; Kiilsgaard, 1950

 

1,500

3

402

unk

62

82

 

 

 

Triumph Minerals
MVTD NR43 03

Van Stone

Northport

Stevens

WA -117.757 48.761 32

Mississippi Valley

 

Irish Sedex Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

1913 1952-1993

>2,287

neg neg neg

13

94

 

Cox, 1968; Equinox Resources Annual Reports, 1990-92; AMH 1995

1992

2,096

no no no

22

118

 

Equinox Resources 1992 Annual Report

 

Zicor
MVTD NR43 01 02

Pend Oreille

Metaline

Pend Oreille

WA -117.360 48.882 32

Mississippi Valley

 

Irish Sedex Pb-Zn

Mississippi Valley-type Pb-Zn

by 1869 1906-1977

17,486

neg

>11

neg

198

443

Cadmium

Fulkerson and Kinston, 1958; McConnel and Anderson, 1968; Gulf Resources & Chemical SEC Form 10Ks 1973-77

1995

5,900

no unk unk

71

443

 

Cominco 1996 Annual Report

Production for entire district. Resource for Yellowhead zone.

Cominco
HMAS NR47 01

South Pass - Atlantic City

South Pass - Atlantic City

Fremont

WY -108.700 42.500 36a

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Archean

 

 

Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

1867 1867-1958

>39

9

unk neg neg no

 

Bayley and others, 1973; Hausel, 1991; USBM Production Data

1995

91

1 unk unk unk unk

 

NM 1/9/95

Resource at Carissa mine.

Hol-Lac Gold - Carissa Mining
HMAS NR48 01

Mineral Hill

Sheepeater (Jardine)

Park

MT -110.620 45.080 35b

Homestake stratiform Au

 

 

Stratabound Au in iron formations

1870 1899-1995

1,916

14

1.0

neg neg no

Arsenic, tungsten

Seager, 1944; USBM Minerals Yearbooks 1932-43; Inco 1989-90 SEC Form 10K; TVX Gold 1991-96 SEC Form 20F

1995

1,295

12

unk no no no

 

TVX Gold 1995 SEC Form 20F

Production of silver for 1989 to 1995 not reported.

TVX Gold
HMAS NR49 01

Homestake

Whitewood

Lawrence

SD -103.770 44.360 35b

Homestake stratiform Au

 

 

Stratabound Au in iron formation

1876 1876-1997

>148,300

1,249

>280

no no no

Tungsten

Slaughter, 1968; Homestake Annual Reports and SEC Form 10K, 1966-1997

1997

12,314

87

unk no no no

 

Homestake 1997 SEC Form 10K

 

Homestake
HMAS NR49 02

Cloverleaf (Uncle Sam, Anaconda)

Roubaix

Lawrence

SD -103.650 44.283 35b

Homestake stratiform Au

 

 

Stratabound Au in iron formation

1878 1878-1937

200

1

neg no no no

 

Allsman, 1940

1991 unk

>12.4

unk no no no

 

AMH 1996, entry for Pima Mining

Production estimated.

Pima Mining NL


Last Updated on 7/13/98