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Orphan Girl Mine

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Cadmium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019584
MRDS ID DC10862
Record type Site
Current site name Orphan Girl Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of the Butte Hill Pb-Zn Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56756, 46.01101 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.0 KM SW-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 14 N2 OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore

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) -112.56756, 46.01101
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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 Owner-Operator
    Owner The Anaconda Co.
    Home office Hennessy Bldg., Butte, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS RECORDED FOR 1950-1956, 1964 FROM DUMP. IT PRODUCED PB-ZN ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    USGS FILES

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 74, PL. X.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS, 1950-1956, 1964.

  • Production

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-82 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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