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Altona Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014481
MRDS ID D011278
Record type Site
Current site name Altona Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47728, 46.00407 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 KM SW OF COLUMBIA GARDENS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Park Pass(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 16,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SLOPES OF THE FIRST CANYON SOUTH OF COLUMBIA GARDEN CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1-4% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 55-60 N
    Length 70.1M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT HAS A VERY HEAVY INFLOW OF WATER. AT 200 AND 300 FT WORKINGS IT WORKS A VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS CUT BY N-S FAULTS, IT CARRIES 3-30 IN STREAK OF ORE. THE VEIN IS CUT 92 FT N OF THE SHAFT. 90 FT E OF THE N CROSSCUT A CROSS FAULT CUTS OFF THE VEIN, WHICH IS RECOVERED 25 FT TO THE N; BUT IT IS THROWN AGAIN BY A SECOND PARRALLEL FAULT, 30 FT TO THE E OF THE FIRST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-84 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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