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Monte Christo Adits

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10015934
MRDS ID DB02231
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Christo Adits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09505, 46.39268 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.9 KM NE OF CORBIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(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 007N 004W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.0 KM NW OF GREGORY MOUNTAIN

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Quartz Latite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Latite Dike;Butte Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09505, 46.39268
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike EAST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE INTRUDES QUARTZ MONZONITE AND IS NOT ALTERED TO SERICITE AND IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED TO BE YOUNGER THAN THE ORE VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, DRIFTS, WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, IN THE LOWER ADIT A QUARTZ LATITE DIKE HAS INTRUDED THE QUARTZ MONZONITE ALONG THE S SIDE OF THE VEIN AND CUTS THE VEIN 190 FT E OF A WINZE.

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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