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Australian

Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019622
MRDS ID DC10990
Record type Site
Current site name Australian

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14394, 46.31101 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.5KM E OF COMET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 004W 31 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E OF AUSTRIALIA MINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result FROM DUMP: 0.75 OZ/TON AU, 11.0OZ/TON AG, 1.10 OZ/TON PB & ZN, SMALL AMOUNT AS.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14394, 46.31101
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Width 18.29M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bismark-Van Armin Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873

Mining district

District name Amazon District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bannock Trading Co.
    Home office Boulder, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 60FT DEEP AND 200FT APART ON OUTCROP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 21, 98.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, PL 1.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 98.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 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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