The New Deal Mine is a copper mine located in Sanders county, Montana at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.30889, -114.58389
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New Deal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Deal Mine
Secondary: Teddy Bear Mine
Secondary: Teddy Tunnel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Sanders
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD/LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Portion Of District Cut By Massive Gabbroic Sills
Type: L
Description: Gabbroic Sill
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG VANDENBERG LOOKOUT RD.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS WITHIN A SERIES OF VEINS TRANSVERSELY CUTTING THROUGH A GABBROIC SILL WHICH TRENDS NE.
Comment (Workings): AS OF 1961 , ACCESSIBLE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE ADIT. SURFACE DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS OLD CUTS AND AN INASCESSIBLE VERTICAL SHAFT SAID TO BE 150 FT DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): INACTIVE (1940) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): $30,000.
Comment (Development): IN 1938 , THERE WERE 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 40 - 41 .
Reference (Deposit): GILBERT, F. C., 1935 , DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 15 , P. 70 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-10-1961
Reference (Production): CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 41 .
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.
