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Copper Hill Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Iron, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012451
MRDS ID D008090
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24117, 46.65684 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1 MI. NORTH OF AUSTIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 005W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN AN AREA NEARLY INCLOSED BY BEND OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC R.R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Iron Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FE FOR FLUXING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Formation
    Rock description Madison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24117, 46.65684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30.48M
    Length 402.33M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Austin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. S. Corr

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADIT LEVELS, THE LODE IS PENETRATED BY NORTHERN PACIFIC R.R. TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LODE IS IN THE LIMESTONE AT THE CONTACT WITH INTRUSIVE QUARTZ MONZONITE. THE ORE APPEARS TO BE SPORATICALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A VERTICAL RANGE OF MORE THAN 100 FT AND A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF ABOUT 0.25 MILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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