The Frances Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.25306, -114.68722
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Frances Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frances Copper Prospect
Secondary: Frances Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Nine Mile District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. L. Waylett
Owner Name: J. L. Waylett And Ken Simon
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Reservation Divide
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, STREAKS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM A CUT SHOWED ONLY 0.18 % CU WITH A TRACE OF AG AND AU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): CUTS EXPOSE SHEAR ZONES SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN SOME SPHALERITE AND GALENA AMIDST CRUMBLY WHITE QUARTZ. SLUDGE FROM A DIAMOND DRILLING SUNK 40 FT DOWN IN A CUT EXHIBITED CONSIDERABLE SULFIDES, PRINCIPALLY CHALCOPYRITE.
Comment (Location): ON ST. LOUIS CREEK, 2 MI UPSTREAM FROM NINE MILE CREEK
Comment (Development): AREA IN DEVELOPMENT STAGE IN MID-1950'S. DEVELOPMENT WAS BY BULLDOZER CUTS AND DIAMOND DRILLING. NEW DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1972 BUT MINE WAS INACTIVE IN 1977 .
Comment (Deposit): BEING DEVELOPED 1953 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 19 .
Reference (Deposit): LAWSON, D. C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 17 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-03-1963
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 39 .
Reference (Deposit): SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , P. 39 .
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
