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Pilot Mines

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Uranium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015915
MRDS ID DB02203
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10505, 46.30601 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE S OF AMAZON MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wickes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 004W 04 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MI N OF BOULDER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized, Silicified

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) -112.10505, 46.30601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Bleached Zone 8-10 Ft.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1906, 1924, 1931, 1949.

Mining district

District name Amazon District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jeanette Taylor, Richland, Wa. And Ellen Augusta Donovan, Carmel, Ca..

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS. DEPTH AND LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED.

Comments on development

  • 2 PATENTED CLAIMS: PILOT, EAST PILOT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 21-2. PL. 1

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 94, PL. 1.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 98.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN IS A ZONE 3-5 FT WIDE CONTAINING MANY MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS IN A MUCH WIDER ZONE OF SHEARED AND ALTERED ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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