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Corra Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012516
MRDS ID D008176
Record type Site
Current site name Corra Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52533, 46.02768 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.6 KM NW OF MEADERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 007W 07 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF W. GREYROCK MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5.7% CU, 11OZ/TON AG, 4% AL

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52533, 46.02768
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHERN LIMIT OF COPPER BELT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Butte District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS ARE CONTINUOUS WITH THE GREYROCK MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON W PART OF COVELLITE VEIN. ANOTHER VEIN IS A FAULT FISSURE ALONG AN OLD QUARTZ-PYRITE VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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