The Wasa Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 6,109 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,109 Feet (1,862 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.49667, -113.09361
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Wasa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wasa Mine
Secondary: Simmer Jack
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Dunkleberg District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: M. A. Kaufman, E 1085 23 Ave. Spokane, Wn, 99206
Production
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1912-1947
Material type: ZN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.3%
Year: 1947
Time Period: 1912-1947
Material type: PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^3-6% Avg
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dunkleberg Anticline
Type: L
Description: Wasa-Shamrock Fault, Royal Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Not More Than 50 Ft Below The Surface.
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 200 AG
Analytical Data: 2-15% ZN
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION WITH FOREST ROSE. WASA WAS MAIN PRODUCER OF ZINC WHILE FOREST ROSE WAS THE MAIN LEAD PRODUCER. DURING WWII FOREST ROSE GROUP PRODUCED 113000 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Development): ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT OF ORE BODIES, BY DIAMOND DRILLING BY MAKE EVER BROS. OF N.Y.C. AROUND W.W.I. TRENCHING AND DRILLING CONTINUED IN 1946 - 1948 BY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.
Comment (Geology): GABBRO AND DIORITE SILL IN AREA OF MINE. PARDEE FEELS THERE IS AN INTRUSIVE GRANITIC ROCK NOT FAR BELOW THE SURFACE.THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS: #1 TUNNEL, #2 TUNNEL AND #3 TUNNEL OR SIMMER JACK ARE CLOSE TOGETHER AND KIRKENDALL TUNNEL IS 1000FT TO THE SE AND HIGHER. SEVERAL 100FT OF DIAMOND DRILL HOLES.
Comment (Deposit): THE LODE IS FORMED IN A SQUEEZED AND BROKEN ZONE ALONG THE AXIS OF A N ANTICLINE. THERE IS AN INDICATION OF A THICK TABULAR ORE BODY 600FT LONG THAT TRENDS NEARLY N. IN TUNNELS 1 2 & 3 THE ORE IS CUT OFF BELOW BY A FAULT WHICH STRIKES N15W AND DIPS 45E. POST MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT.
Comment (Location): SEVERAL ADITS DRIVEN E FROM THE NE SIDE OF DOUGLAS CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1958)
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 244-46.
Reference (Deposit): USBM REPT INVES 5014, P. 9, 10, FIG. 3, 4A, 5-8.
Reference (Deposit): FS FIELD REPORT
Reference (Production): USBM REPT INVES 5014.
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.
