Daily

The Daily is a silver, copper, and lead mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 5,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Daily
Secondary: Atlas
Secondary: Dailey

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Uranium Corp. Of America
Home Office: 525 Failin Bldg., Portland, Or

Owner Name: Dailey Mines
Home Office: Wickes, Mt

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1879
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: Boulder Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO LENSE-LIKE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 58 SAMPLES ON 300 LEVEL AVERAGE TR. AU, 6.82 OZ AG/TON, 3.66% CU, 1.97% PB, 3.31% ZN

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): IN TOWN OF WICKES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGER RESERVE IS FOR ATLAS VEIN, SMALLER IS FOR STEAMBOAT VEIN

Comment (Production): THERE WAS AN ESTIMATED $50,000 PRODUCED BEFORE 1900

Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS: ATLAS, G.O.P., GO BETWEEN, STEAMBOAT AND STEAMBOAT MILL SITE.

Comment (Deposit): ATLAS VEIN STRIKES N 75-90 E AND DIPS 70-80 S AND OCCUPIES AN INTENSELY FRACTURED ALTERED ZONE NEAR THE TOP OF THE BATHOLITH, A LAYERED-VEIN AND CONTAINS MUCH ALTERED WALLROCK. IN SEVERAL PLACES THE HANGING WALL CONTAINS THIN VEINLETS THAT STRIKE N 65 E AND INTERSECT THE MORE E STRIKING ATLAS VEIN. THE STEAMBOAT VEIN IS ONLY KNOWN ON THE 300FT LEVEL, IT STRIKES N 80 E AND DIPS 75-85 S, W IT WIDENS TO 4 FT. THREE BROKEN, ALTERED, AND MINERALIZED ZONES ARE EXPOSED IN THE CROSSCUT BETWEEN THE ATLAS AND STEAMBOAT VEINS.

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, & 300 FT ON ATLAS VEIN. A CROSSCUT ON 300 LEVEL EXTEND 310 FT N TO STEAMBOAT VEIN.

Comment (Geology): THREE MINERALIZED ZONES RANGE FROM 10-35 FT IN WIDTH AND STRIKE N 60 E AND DIP 60 N, THEIR RATIO OF CHALCOPYRITE TO PYRITE IS LARGER THAN THE ATLAS AND STEAMBOAT VEINS.

Comment (Deposit): IF MINERALIZED ZONE PERSIST ALONG STRIKE, THE N ONE WOULD INTERSECT THE STEAMBOAT VEIN ABOUT 100 FT E OF THE CROSSCUT, AND THE S ONE WOULD INTERSECT THE ATLAS VEIN ABOUT 140 FT W OF THE CROSSCUT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): 1957 GEOLMAP PINCKNEY, USGS PROF. PAPER 428, PL. 1

Reference (Production): USGS PROF. PAPER 428

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DMEA FILES

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 50, 108

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 233, PL. 6.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 53, 77, PL. 12.

Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 26.

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.