| Deposit ID | 10014491 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011291 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Diamond Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.52478, 46.02546 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.0 KM W OF MEADERVILLE. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003N | 007W | 07 | NW OF SW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Enargite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.52478, 46.02546 |
|---|
| Width | 4.57M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Home office | Hennessy Building, Butte, Mt. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 640.08M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011291 |
USGS PP 74, P. 171-183, PL. X.
MBMG BULL 10, P. 60.
USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1911.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE COVELLITE VEIN IS FOUND IN THE DIAMOND MINE, ALONG WITH THE HIGH ORE VEIN, BELL VEIN, DERNIER VEIN, AND SKYRME VEIN. THE VEINS ARE BROKEN BY THE BELL FAULT, WHICH SHIFTS THE ENTIRE BLOCK OF GROUND NORTH OF THE FAULT TO THE NW. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1984 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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