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Valdemere Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019581
MRDS ID DC10857
Record type Site
Current site name Valdemere Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.52867, 46.03184 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.6 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 003N 008W 12 NE OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
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)
    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) -112.52867, 46.03184
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. Loman And E. Davis
    Home office Walkerville, Mt.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, P. 243, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 67.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 690, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    AIMME V16, P. 42-43, 69-80

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS 1938, 1939

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GENERAL TYPE OF STRUCTURE OF THE LODE IS QUARTZ, WITH A CENTRAL FILLING OF MANGANESE SPAR AND ORE.

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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