Letterman Mine (Montana Premier Mine), Plains Mining District, Sanders County, Montana, USAi
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Letterman Mine (Montana Premier Mine) | Mine |
Plains Mining District | Mining District |
Sanders County | County |
Montana | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 25' 43'' North , 114° 53' 40'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Plains | 1,051 (2017) | 3.6km |
Paradise | 163 (2011) | 8.2km |
Saint Regis | 319 (2011) | 21.3km |
Hot Springs | 547 (2017) | 26.3km |
Superior | 839 (2017) | 26.3km |
Mindat Locality ID:
162744
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:162744:5
GUID (UUID V4):
49143ac9-a310-4ce2-bc8a-d02597458225
REF:Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MONTANA BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 26
Deposit:: MONT. BUR. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 33, 1963, P. 30
Deposit:: MONT. BUR. MINES & GEOL. MEM. 31, 1950, P. 92Deposit:: ZARTMAN AND STACEY,1971,ECON.GEOLOGY,VOL.66,P.852
Deposit:: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES A
Commodities (Major) - Gold; (Minor) - Silver, Lead; (Trace) - Copper
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Wallace Formation
Structure: Fine Grained Dioritic Sill Is Exposed At The Adit Portal. Massive Fault, Six Ft Wide, Which Trends N 32 Deg W And Dips 72 Deg Sw., Broad Folds In The Argillites Which Strike About N.
Host Rock: Argillite
Tectonic Structure: Belt Basin
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10019046 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Belt BasinBasin
- Wallace DomainDomain
- West Canadian-Alberta basinBasin
USA
- Montana
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