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Van Armin Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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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 10015929
MRDS ID DB02224
Record type Site
Current site name Van Armin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.13255, 46.30962 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.2 KM SE OF AMAZON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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)

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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 32 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT EAST OF THE BISMARK MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Argillic Alteration

Analytical data

Result ACCORDING TO OLD MAP SOURCES, 50-75 OZ/TON AG, 50-60% PB, IN CAR LOAD LOTS

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) -112.13255, 46.30962
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bismark-Vanarmin Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bismark-Van Armin Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1896

Mining district

District name Amazon District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Messrs. Smith And Sporrow
    Home office Helena, Mt.
    First year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED $480,000 WORTH OF ORE. PB, AG, CU ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 320.04M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • GT 900 FT ADIT, 150 FT SHAFT TO THE ADIT, STOPES AND RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY REPORTED TO BE 200 FT. LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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