Hiawattaha Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10019661
MRDS ID DC11081
Record type Site
Current site name Hiawattaha Mine
Alternate or previous names Hiawatha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22171, 46.30601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.5 KM WSW 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 006N 005W 04,03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E EXTENSION OF THE CUSTER VEIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite 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);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip STEEPLY
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Basin (Cataract, Comet) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION RECORDED IN 1960.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, (SHAFT CAVED AT COLLAR), 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 30-1, 36, 103.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1960

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 103 USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDE FRACTURE AND ALTERED ZONE THAT EXTENDS ABOUT 1 MI AND CROSSES THE CONTACT OF THE BATHOLITH AND THE ELKHORN VOLCANICS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-81 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.

External references