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Niagra Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019566
MRDS ID DC10833
Record type Site
Current site name Niagra Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52589, 46.03323 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.0 KM NW OF BIG BUTTE.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007W 008W 06 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Helvite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM DUMP 0.007 %BE, RHODONITE 0.029% BE, QUARTZ WITH FLOURITE 0. 002% BE

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.52589, 46.03323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN N 70 W, STEEP DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Mountains Area

Comments on the workings information

  • IT IS PART OF THE BADGER STATE BLOCK-CAVE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM R1 7148

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1957

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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