The Copper Cliff Mine is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.80889, -113.45389
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Copper Cliff Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Cliff Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Copper Cliff District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Armada Corp.
Home Office: P. O. Box 3415, Missoula, Mt 59801
Production
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1891 - 1910
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 2 Toz/St
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1891 - 1910
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^About 12 %
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust, Deep Creek Anticline
Type: L
Description: Series Of Generally Ne Trending Faults Within A 1000 Ft. Belt (Forms "The Cliff")
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RICHEST SHIPMENT 15 TON OF 22% CU FROM BLACK ORE BODY ABOUT50 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. OPEN PIT AVERAGED 2.5% CU.
Analytical Data: 9.5-22% CU, 0.5-1 OZ/TON AG, $0.25-2.30/TON AU (1900)
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Enargite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): U.T.M. COORDINATES TAKEN ON SHAFT - MINE DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY LISTED AS OPEN PIT
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED FROM DISTRICT PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION RECORDS. SOME PRODUCTION IN 1970'S.
Comment (Deposit): LODE OCCUPIES NE FAULT FISSURE THAT DIPS 60NW
Comment (Workings): 150 FT SHAFT WITH ADITS RUNNING TOWARDS IT FROM POINTS 300 AND 700 FT DOWNSTREAM, AND 80 AND 200 FT LOWER. A SHORT ADIT IS RUN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULCH AT A POINT 40 FT LOWER THAN THE SHAFT COLLAR. SEVERAL DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS.
Comment (Location): Political location in record is Missoula county. Lat/long fall in the same county but MRDS location-problem GIS test found a location problem, probably because it is 450m from the Granite county line. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-48-32N 113-27-14W (46.80889 -113.45389); UTM N5186640 E312785 Z12; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 012N, RNG 015W, Sect 11, Sect_fract
References
Reference (Production): PARDEE, 1918, U.S.G.S. 660-F MBMG BULL 8, P. 11-15
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 220-223.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 11-15, 28-31.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 108, P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG MEM NO 39, P. 28.
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.
