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Virginia C. Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015931
MRDS ID DB02226
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia C. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10505, 46.32212 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.6 KM N OF AMAZON.

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)

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 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF ROAD BETWEEN AMAZON AND WICKES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10505, 46.32212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Dip WEST
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bottom Of Sill

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAYERING OF VOLCANIC ROCKS DIPS ABOUT 6 DEGREES WEST. BOTTOM OF SILL TENDS TO FOLLOW LAYERING BUT CUTS ACROSS IT IN AT LEAST TWO PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amazon District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN VEIN DIPS GENTLY W AND SW ALONG THE BOTTOM OF A SILL INTRUDED FROM THE BATHOLITH. 2 SMALL VEINS PARALLEL IT.

Reporter information

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

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