The Whaley Mining Claims is a copper and barium-barite mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 46.68694, -113.98667
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Whaley Mining Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whaley Mining Claims
Secondary: Blue Racer
Secondary: Woodchuck
Secondary: Whaley Copper
Secondary: Copper Bell
Secondary: South Fraction
Secondary: Bald Eagle
Secondary: Golden Eagle
Secondary: Black Bear
Secondary: Black Bird
Secondary: Brown Bear
Secondary: Humming Bird
Secondary: Iron King
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Sapphire Mountains Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. L. Whaley
Home Office: Missoula, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sapphire Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BA VEIN ON BROWN BEAR CLAIM 94.6% BARITE, 3.7% SIL, .8%FE, THE SERICITE SCHIST 8.4% CU, .102 AG, .5% PB
Analytical Data: BALD EAGLE 1.33% CU, .28% PB
Analytical Data: HUMMINGBIRD CLAIM 1.39% CU, .4% PB
Analytical Data: LF OF SULPHIDE VEIN 32?/TON AU, .2% CU, .57% PB
Analytical Data: SULPHIDE VEIN 30?/TON AU, 24.6% CU, .28% PB
Analytical Data: COPPER BELL RT OF SULFIDE VEIN 39?/TON AU, 1.42% CU, .19% PB
Analytical Data: BLUE RACER 10.92% 13.64% CU, LITTLE AG&AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER CUTS, 200 FT DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): 12 IN WIDE (BA); ON BLUE RACER 12 FT NW (CU)VEIN
Comment (Location): C NE/4 SEC. 28, SW/4 SEC. 22
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG INF CIR 22, P. 21,22.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 41-2, 44.
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.
