Frances Copper Prospect

The Frances Copper Prospect is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.